Subject: France Bans the Term 'E-Mail'
From: Mary Shafer
Date: 7/19/03 9:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:23:58 -0400, "Gooneybird"
wrote:

I don't know how moot it is, but it sure looks childish and petty to me. I
seriously doubt that very many Frenchmen really care that the five letter
acronym (email) is rooted in the English language rather than the French.
It's
shorter than the Gallic substitute for it, and therefore more convenient
even
for French users of the Internet.

This isn't exactly new. The language police were trying to eliminate
"le weekend" a couple of decades ago. They're trying to keep French
French.



Also "PULLOVER" for sweater.

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