I don't know about today, but having studied in France at two universities over the course of a year a short time ago, I didn't hear anything BUT the word "e-mail" used to identify it...
Morons.
Reminds me of a French lifeguard who tried to convince me that wearing Speedo's were more "sanitary" than wearing swim trunks to the school swimming pool.
I couldn't stop laughing because he was dead-serious in that being the sole reason why all swimmers must wear them.
France. The other "F" word...