What's French for spam?

The French government is banning the word email and replacing it with one of its own, courriel.

It seems like these guys are always pissing into the wind, trying to stop the natural evolution of language or culture. Isn’t it the great thing about English, that it takes words from everywhere or makes up new ones and people just get on with it.

I remember a few years back the French were trying to get the European Union to pass a law saying 60% of tv programmes shown in Europe must be European made. The reason everybody watches American shows is because the homemade stuff is shite, simple.

You can’t stop change no matter what laws you pass, if people like something they’ll use it.

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