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I think the Académie Française is doing a very poor job. In Québec we have the Office Québécois de la Langue Française, which is much better at finding French e

I think the Académie Française is doing a very poor job. In Québec we have the Office Québécois de la Langue Française, which is much better at finding French equivalents to modern technology terms. A few examples: - Cloud Computing -> Infonuagique - E-Mail -> Courriel (vs. France's mél... how the hell do you pronounce that) - Hashtag -> Mot-clic (it is indeed a keyword, "mot-clé" that you can click) And a whole lot more...

_delirium 12y ago
According to their current explanation, the Académie française proposes "Mél." (with period) only as an abbreviation for use on e.g. business cards, coined by analogy to the abbreviation "Tél." for telephone numbers. For usage in sentences they suggest either the full message électronique, or borrowing courriel from Québec, which they officially approved in 2003. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/la-langue-francaise/questions-de-langue#26_strong-em-courriel-ml-em-strong http://www.academie-francaise.fr/la-langue-francaise/questio... Mot-clic is humorous; I had not seen that before.
reblochon 12y ago
Don't forget the wonderful "pourriel" mixing "poubelle" (trash can) and e-mail to designate spam, If only it would have crossed the ocean.
- vmarsy 12y ago
  I always thought pourriel was from "pourri" (rotten/lousy) + "courriel". Both convey a correct meaning for spam!
realusername 12y ago
Sometimes they are even counter-productive. People are not using the English word anyway and they want to replace the French word people are using with another one. Example: instead of 'offline', the academy recommends '(mode) autonome' but people are already using 'déconnecté' or 'hors-ligne' instead, so it does not make sense at all.
pervycreeper 12y ago
>Mot-clic This one strikes me a quite terrible, to be honest. Readers should note that the OQLF also has an enforcement branch, which is used primarily to harass and extort minorities, allegedly for linguistic infractions.
dreamweapon 12y ago
But does anybody use them?
- PeterWhittaker 12y ago
  Yes.

_delirium 12y ago

According to their current explanation, the Académie française proposes "Mél." (with period) only as an abbreviation for use on e.g. business cards, coined by analogy to the abbreviation "Tél." for telephone numbers. For usage in sentences they suggest either the full message électronique, or borrowing courriel from Québec, which they officially approved in 2003. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/la-langue-francaise/questions-de-langue#26_strong-em-courriel-ml-em-strong http://www.academie-francaise.fr/la-langue-francaise/questio... Mot-clic is humorous; I had not seen that before.

reblochon 12y ago

Don't forget the wonderful "pourriel" mixing "poubelle" (trash can) and e-mail to designate spam, If only it would have crossed the ocean.

vmarsy 12y ago
I always thought pourriel was from "pourri" (rotten/lousy) + "courriel". Both convey a correct meaning for spam!

realusername 12y ago

Sometimes they are even counter-productive. People are not using the English word anyway and they want to replace the French word people are using with another one. Example: instead of 'offline', the academy recommends '(mode) autonome' but people are already using 'déconnecté' or 'hors-ligne' instead, so it does not make sense at all.

pervycreeper 12y ago

>Mot-clic This one strikes me a quite terrible, to be honest. Readers should note that the OQLF also has an enforcement branch, which is used primarily to harass and extort minorities, allegedly for linguistic infractions.

dreamweapon 12y ago

But does anybody use them?

PeterWhittaker 12y ago
Yes.