] 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.

The bloody French are at it again.

] 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 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.
]
] The ministry's General Commission on Terminology and
] Neology insists Internet surfers in France are broadly
] using the term "courrier electronique" (electronic mail)
] instead of e-mail -- a claim some industry experts
] dispute. "Courriel" is a fusion of the two words.
]
] "Evocative, with a very French sound, the word 'courriel'
] is broadly used in the press and competes advantageously
] with the borrowed 'mail' in English," the commission has
] ruled.

I'm told "computer" is a banned word as well. France really IS the butt hole of the western world.

Laughing Boy