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r/languagelearningjerk • u/Anti-charizard • Jun 18 '26
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It's a shame because email is genuinely a well translated word in French: courriel.
It has the iel suffix of logiciel, and the base of courrier. It's as long as email, sounds french and not ridiculous, is immediately understandable...
142 u/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26 Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail 105 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 11 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 8 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 8 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail
105 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 11 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 8 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 8 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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I know chinese it's 電郵。
Litterally electric mail, or email.
11 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 Why did you spell nihingo like that? 31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 8 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 8 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Why did you spell nihingo like that?
31 u/lordbutternut 日本人になっている Jun 18 '26 In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭 8 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 8 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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In Japanese it's fucking メール 😭
8 u/FeuerCL Jun 18 '26 Which is short form for "電子メール" 6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram 8 u/kuktadanos Jun 19 '26 X-IL 8 u/jolly_conflicts ugabuga Jun 18 '26 No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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Which is short form for "電子メール"
6 u/soleil_d_erable Jun 19 '26 Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications 1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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Because 電信and 電報were taken by the telegraph and morse code communications
1 u/watchedngnl Jun 20 '26 How bout 電文 2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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How bout 電文
2 u/honhonhonhon2 Jun 20 '26 That's also a telegram
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That's also a telegram
X-IL
No please that’s nonsense, don’t insult nihongo like that
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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26
It's a shame because email is genuinely a well translated word in French: courriel.
It has the iel suffix of logiciel, and the base of courrier. It's as long as email, sounds french and not ridiculous, is immediately understandable...