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Don't know about most of them but I like courriel and pourriel (the latter having connotations of rottenness) much more than e-mail and spam. I don't see why L
by frabbit 6y ago
Don't know about most of them but I like courriel and pourriel (the latter having connotations of rottenness) much more than e-mail and spam.
I don't see why Latin/Greek originating words like ampersand need their own "French" versions though.
- frabbit 6y agoI also don't like the idea of étiquette for "tag" instead of balise (which suggests navigation instead of a label or price tag in a store) https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/balise https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/balise
- wazoox 6y agoBut "perluette" or "esperluette" (both are valid) have existed in French for centuries. They were just uncommon words, and it's out of sheer ignorance that people use the English word instead. For instance "dièse" is better known, so nobody would think of saying "sharp" or whatever other English word for the "#" sign. For some reason, "arobase" seems relatively well known as the normal French name for the "@" sign.