[Thane_Banquo]

Even 58 years after we drove the Nazis out of France, the French are still reminiscing on the good old days of fascism.

[nothingnew]

Sacre' bleu!!

FMDH

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[laweeks]

"Sacre' bleu!!"

Sack a' somethin'! Like the French's Mustard people recentl said, "The only thing our mustard has in common with the French is that it's yellow."

[AdmSmith]

You may check the number of occurrences of e-mail on French government web pages with text in French:

http://www.alltheweb.com/search?advanced=1&cat=web&cs=iso-8859-1&jsact=&_stype=norm&type=all&q=e-mail&_b_query=&l=fr&ics=iso-8859-1&cs=iso-8859-1&wf%5Bn%5D=3&wf%5B0%5D%5Br%5D=%2B&wf%5B0%5D%5Bq%5D=&wf%5B0%5D%5Bw%5D=&wf%5B1%5D%5Br%5D=-&wf%5B1%5D%5Bq%5D=&wf%5B1%5D%5Bw%5D=&wf%5B2%5D%5Br%5D=&wf%5B2%5D%5Bq%5D=&wf%5B2%5D%5Bw%5D=&dincl=gouv.fr&dexcl=&geo=&limip=&doctype=&dfr%5Bd%5D=1&dfr%5Bm%5D=1&dfr%5By%5D=1980&dto%5Bd%5D=18&dto%5Bm%5D=7&dto%5By%5D=2003&size%5Bp%5D=%3D&size%5Bv%5D=&size%5Bx%5D=0&hits=10&nooc=on

it was 1,976

[xm177e2]

To p--- off French people, use the word "courriel" when talking with them instead of the word "E-mail." But pronounce it like an American word, "corry - ell." Do the same thing for computer (they say "ordinateur" ==> you say "ordinator").

They are trying to avoid English-sounding words, so this should drive them up the wall.

[Quicksilver]

The Culture Ministry ... The ministry's General Commission on Terminology and Neology ...

Ugh.

[visagoth]

When I came across the story - my first thought was:

Freedom Mail!

heh heh

[AF_Blue]

French ebonics?

[Publius6961]

andouilles !!

[Zavien Doombringer]

Internet surfers in France are broadly using the term "courrier electronique" (electronic mail) instead of e-mail

YOu call it tomaaato, I call it tomahto...

[vastrightwc]

Pretty soon the the Minister of Culture is going to have to do away with the Tour De France because it is getting too American. Go USPS!!!!!!

[Publius6961]

What a bunch of weenies!

I am waiting for them to insist that all aircraft approaching all French international airports communicate exclusively in French.

He he he he

[Honcho Bongs]

Online Poll - How would you rate this new word?

Please pick from the following:

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Thanks for participating!

[polemikos]

Let's send them an "e-mail" right now.

[SpinyNorman]

The Culture Ministry has announced a ban on the use of "e-mail" in all government ministries, documents, publications or Web sites, the latest step to stem an incursion of English words into the French lexicon.

I guess it is only fair, since we have taken steps to stop the incursion of twisted French influence by substituting "cheese eating surrender monkey" for Frenchman in our lexicon.

[marshmallow]

The word 'courriel' is not at all actively used," Marie-Christine Levet, president of French Internet service provider Club Internet, said Friday. "E-mail has sunk in to our values."

The word "Internet" has also sunk into their values too, by the looks of things. Will they move to ban that, too?

[monocle]

Next is the word "internet" which Al Gore invented.

[yonif]

The French just want attention. They are a loser government which in a few decades will be taken over by its Muslim population (democratically).

[Enemy Of The State]

Why doesnt the french government do something productive like passing a ban on birth.