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Related Swedish Trivia: We pronounce "at" (@) as "snabel-a", where snabel is something like the elephant's trunk or proboscis. Basically an a with a long nose.
by zyfo 16y ago
Related Swedish Trivia: We pronounce "at" (@) as "snabel-a", where snabel is something like the elephant's trunk or proboscis. Basically an a with a long nose.
- ojilles 16y agoIn dutch "@" is pronounced as "apestaartje" which means literally "monkey tail". An overview of the literal meaning of @ in different languages can be found in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign#.22Commercial_at.22_in_other_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign#.22Commercial_at.22_in_... According to Wikipedia the oldest documented use of "@" is in an Italian mercantile document in 1537. [Dutch] http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/@#Ander_gebruik_van_.40 http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/@#Ander_gebruik_van_.40 [English] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign#History
- yesbabyyes 16y agoHere is a small collection of mine (from 1996): http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f96-lla/@.html http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~f96-lla/@.html
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