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Email is the French / German / Dutch word for enamel.

Of course the pronounciation is very different.

Thanks. The French linguistic equivalent is the shortening of "courrier électronique" to "courriel".

They missed a chance to abbreviate "poste électronique" to "postel", which would also commemorate the creator of SMTP.

which is not used in France but rather in Quebec.

I am German and I did not know this, was only aware of the alternative form Emaille.

Is that really it? Thought it might go deeper than that and I'm missing on some "cultural background" :)