Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

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

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

CA> Americans would probably like to think so but truth is that the
CA> French aren't overly fond of the British either and English is
CA> their language - we just borrowed some of it (but not all of it). 

CA> AMOF the French don't speak too highly of the French Canadians
CA> (francophiles) either last time I checked. 

So I've noticed...

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