“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.” —France Bans ‘E-Mail’! (Wired)
What a difference quotation marks can make!
And for those of you who are sneering at the silliness of the French, Samantha tells KairosNews readers to remember “freedom fries”.
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