Have you seen this?

Kind of funny, no more e-mail

[KA_Curtis]

Just saw this on a different board and thought I would share with you guys.
[story.news.yahoo.com...]

[edited by: lawman at 4:31 pm (utc) on July 20, 2003]
[edit reason] See Foo Charter [/edit]

[dmorison]

I liked the reply someone gave on Slashdot; mentioning that since the French do not have their own word for SPAM that it must now be referred to as

jambon épicé courriel

[universalis]

The word "courriel" actually comes from Québec, and here we've used it exclusively for years - it is only now that the French are starting to adopt it. Personally, I agree with this change, as the word courriel sounds better and is more descriptive in French than email.

As for spam, we use the word "pourriel" a contraction of courriel pourri - the word pourri meaning rotten!