Interesting... when I asked a few years ago, I was told by a French guy that nobody uses courriel in real life and that I'd sound better if I used 'mail' (in french pronunciation).
He was from île de paris; your mileage may vary.
He was from île de paris; your mileage may vary.
"Courriel", or its complete form "courrier éléctronique" is more common in formal, written conversation.
I think the translation came up too late. An early french proposal was to use the "mél" abbreviation which is terrible and never took off... It is still preferred by the Académie Française, another case of being completely off.
BTW, it is "Île de France", the region where Paris is ;) But the situation is the same for all of continental France. I don't know about the overseas and other French-speaking countries.
There is no "île de Paris" in France.