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As far as I can tell the AF-approved 'courriel' is hardly ever used in France -- but, for some reason, it's the standard word in Quebec, which has no such body (and really couldn't, since Montreal French and English cannibalize words from each other so freely).
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But it turns out that "courriel" is actually the Académie Française-approved word for "email."
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But it turns out that "courriel" is actually the Académie Française-approved word for "email."
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Goodbye "e-mail", the French government says, and hello "courriel" -- the term that linguistically sensitive France is now using to refer to electronic mail in official documents.
The Rule of Reason 2010
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The Académie Française decreed the use of the word "courriel" in 2003, and this is the first time I've seen it used in correspondence with people in France (which I have with some frequency).
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The Académie Française decreed the use of the word "courriel" in 2003, and this is the first time I've seen it used in correspondence with people in France (which I have with some frequency).
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I kind of like "courriel," actually -- but I sort of doubt it'll prevail in the linguistic marketplace.
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I kind of like "courriel," actually -- but I sort of doubt it'll prevail in the linguistic marketplace.
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Mary Kewatt, aunt of 20-year-old American soldier Edward Herrgott, who was killed by a sniper in Baghdad on July 3, referring to comments made by President Bush on guerrilla fighting in Iraq "Evocative, with a very French sound, the word 'courriel' is broadly used in the press and competes advantageously with the borrowed 'mail' in English."
Perspectives 2007
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Went to send you a courriel and fell asleep at the computer before getting one started!
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