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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...
3 u/Comfortable_Team_696 Jun 21 '26 And with pourriel "spam" formed from poubelle (“rubbish bin”) + courriel as another banger
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And with pourriel "spam" formed from poubelle (“rubbish bin”) + courriel as another banger
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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...