When will they ban the word 'ban'?In response to the French adding "e-mail" to the official government list of banned words Eugene Volokh has this insight: A bit more on "e-mail": My New Shorter Oxford tells me that "mail" originates from . . . old French ("male," a variant of "malle," which means bag or trunk). True, the "e" is from Greek, but French borrows such words from Greek, too; I believe that "electron," for instance, is the same in French and in English. On a totally unrelated note, every time I review my résumé it feels like déja vu all over again. It's hard to believe my raison d'etre to this point in life has been turning channels and installing chandeliers. Now excuse me, I must retire to the commode. |
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