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Old 18-07-2003, 20:48   #7
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Originally posted by kronas
yes the word email is being banned in france

they will now call it 'courriel'

the ministrys general commision on terminology and neology insists web surfers in france term 'email' as 'courrier electronique'

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ith__e_mail__1
Heard that years ago, back when they banned black london cabs and a bunch of words from the english language that originally came from french anyway
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