French Government Bans Term 'E-Mail'

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: MachFive

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw

Originally posted by: MachFive

On top of that, it wasn't some government authority that decreed those words would lose their capitalization - It was the public, in using the terms. My issue is not so much with the French language, but with the way the French government actually regulates it. I think that's an extremely backwards way to deal with the evolution of communication.

Really, no disagreement with you there (but I said as much above).

Although the codification of CDROM as "le cederom" might not be as ridiculous as you think, given that it's really just the pronunciation of CDROM using the French alphabet.

Yes, but that decision was made not by those speaking the language on a day to day basis, but some obscene goverment authority who, when they made the decision, didn't have the slightest idea what a CD-ROM drive was.

That's the irony, too - cederom is spelled precisely how you would pronounce it (in French, of course), so why did an entirely new entry in the dictionary need to be created for it?

Someone pointed out that it was the public, not the government, that did the CD-ROM thing.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: notfred
Oh no, they want official business to be carried out in the native language!

If any of you are the type that like to say "People should speak English in America... we shouldn't have to have spanish translations for everything" Then you really can't complain about this.

Yup.

Face it guys, unless you live in France, this in no way affects your life.

But, but, those liberal tofu-eating traitors always side with the French. The French are worthless, they've never helped Americans. We don't need them, never did, never will. Fvck 'em.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: notfred
Oh no, they want official business to be carried out in the native language!

If any of you are the type that like to say "People should speak English in America... we shouldn't have to have spanish translations for everything" Then you really can't complain about this.

Yup.

Face it guys, unless you live in France, this in no way affects your life.

But, but, those liberal tofu-eating traitors always side with the French. The French are worthless, they've never helped Americans. We don't need them, never did, never will. Fvck 'em.

Well, I can't argue with that logic!

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Les Francais sont fvcking gay.

 

[Regs]

The CEO's of my mothers company are French. They changed the name "Environmental Affairs" to "Health and Safety" because affairs also meant cheating on a loved one.