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Of course, the French Academy tries to crack down on this; I remember cases like trying to push out "email" in favor of the native "courrier électronique" (lite
by ubernostrum 15y ago
Of course, the French Academy tries to crack down on this; I remember cases like trying to push out "email" in favor of the native "courrier électronique" (literally: "electronic mail").
- RyanMcGreal 15y agoAFAIK in Quebec the preferred term is "courriel", which is a portmanteau of "courrier électronique" in the same manner that "email" is a portmanteau of "electronic mail". (Funny that we're talking about Anglicisms in French, given the vast number of English words of French origin - like "portmanteau".)
- phugoid 15y agoI remember reading that the word courriel is in fact a Quebecois invention.