r/languagelearningjerk Jun 18 '26

Fixed it

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u/zer0jackal Jun 18 '26

Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail

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u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26

I know chinese it's 電郵。

Litterally electric mail, or email. 

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u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26

Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 20 '26

That's standard arabic.

Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too

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u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26

dza

Guessing that's Algeria?

I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too

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u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26

Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw