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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread @ #98145 03/08/2003 11:07 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Could be old news, but there's an interesting read on Quinion about the origin of the @ symbol and the many international names for the symbol. Our oft-used "at" here in the USA is a bore compared to the names from other countries--monkey's tail, whirlpool, snail (that Quinion notes is also used in English)... For measurement buffs, the symbol is traced back to the amphora used as a standard measure with @ as the symbol for one amphora. Anyway, this could well be a YART, but I tried searching @ and you can imagine how many hits I got. http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/whereat.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: @ #98146 03/08/2003 11:10 PM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 13 U.S.A. Canis Domesticus stranger Canis Domesticus stranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 13 U.S.A. I like monkeys tail. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: @ #98147 03/08/2003 11:10 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont fun! ww, you are definitely where it's @! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: @ #98148 03/08/2003 11:14 PM Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 13 U.S.A. Canis Domesticus stranger Canis Domesticus stranger Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 13 U.S.A. Although Klammeraffe, Spider monkey, is as good. Interesting article, WW. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: @ #98149 03/08/2003 11:19 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I like arobase. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: @ italian #98150 03/09/2003 9:34 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... we use chiocciola or chiocciolina(=small chiocciola) indeed chiocciola is snail, but sounds better... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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