-=> JOE NICHOLSON wrote to ROY J. TELLASON <=-

 -=> Quoting Roy J. Tellason to Joe Nicholson <=-

 JN> BTW, France has now banned the use of the term "e-mail" throughout
 JN> the government.

 RJT> What rationale did they give for this?  Too "American"
or something?

 JN>  They don't want their language corrupted/bastardized by the
 JN>  inclusion of foreign words.  It's nothing new; they've been
 JN>  banning words for decades.  It's too bad England and the U.S.
 JN>  didn't do the same with french words hundreds of years ago.

 JN>  School kids would not have to remember how to spell such
 JN>  words as reservoir or boulevard, maneuver or oubliette.

Yeah but where would you park your car?
 
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