There go the French Again...

The French have decided to ban the word "email". Email is now to be known as "courriel", which is short for "courrier electronique".

You know, there's something to be said about wanting to retain the purity of your language. It's annoying and conceited, but whatever. However, once you start being so freaking uptight about it that you start to hamper the way your people are to communicate with the rest of the world, you're just an asshole with a false sense of "something to prove" (in French that would be "quelque chose a m'averer").

Posted by Desiree on July 17, 2003 at 02:07 PM | TrackBack