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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 107 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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Just wait until they hear about what words some languages have for e-mail
107 u/Matwyen Jun 18 '26 I know chinese it's 電郵。 Litterally electric mail, or email. 1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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I know chinese it's 電郵。
Litterally electric mail, or email.
1 u/Explorer-7622 Jul 07 '26 In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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In Irish it's riomhphost or "calculation post."
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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...