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France’s email

Just in time for the new year: the French officially have a word for “@” and it is “arobase.” Apparently, French-Canadians use “à commercial” as well as arobase — they also use “courriel” for “email.”

Have a great time ringing in 2003.

December 31, 2002 at :

Category: Writing

Topic: Style & Usage

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