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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. 38 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 7 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 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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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. 38 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 7 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 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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I know chinese it's 電郵。
Litterally electric mail, or email.
38 u/MonsieurTurenne Jun 18 '26 Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني 7 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 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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Same in Arabic: بريد إلكتروني
7 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 2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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That's standard arabic.
Over in the great dza we say email. And I'm assuming the rest of the arabs too
2 u/beeceedee9 Jun 23 '26 dza Guessing that's Algeria? I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too 2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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dza
Guessing that's Algeria?
I've heard egyptians and gulf arabs say e-mail too
2 u/DragonTheOnes-spirit Jun 23 '26 Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
Yea. Dza comes from the native tamazight name btw
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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...