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Re: @

From:Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...>
Date:Tuesday, June 8, 1999, 13:24
Andrew Smith escribi=F3:
> > A question to a question and answer page in the NZ Listener asked what =
is
> the @ symbol called? It produced these answers: > > English, "commercial at" > German, "klammeraffe" (spider monkey), or "affenschwanz" (monkey's tail=
)
> Dutch, "apestaartje" (monkey's tail) > Danish and Norwegian, "grisehale" (pig's tail) or "snabel" (with an > elephant's trunk) > Finnish, "kissanhanta" (cat's tail) or "miukumauku" (miaow sign) > Hungarian, "kukac" (worm or maggot) > Czech, "zavinac" (rollmop herring) > Hebrew, "strudel" (Viennese apple pastry) > Swedish, "kanelbulle" (cinnamon bun) > French, "escargot", (snail)
In Spanish is called "arroba" (weith measure =3D 25 pounds). -- Carlos Th