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Email is the French / German / Dutch word for enamel. Of course the pronounciation is very different.

• kourt 13y ago
  Thanks. The French linguistic equivalent is the shortening of "courrier électronique" to "courriel".
  • baby 13y ago
    which is not used in France but rather in Quebec.
  • bbanyc 13y ago
    They missed a chance to abbreviate "poste électronique" to "postel", which would also commemorate the creator of SMTP.
• danbruc 13y ago
  I am German and I did not know this, was only aware of the alternative form Emaille.
  • dolzenko 13y ago
    Is that really it? Thought it might go deeper than that and I'm missing on some "cultural background" :)