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leva
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Hi everyone,
My colleague asked me about this sign:@.I know that it is �at�-but why and what origin does it have?
Here in Hungary we call it �kukac�(worm).
Could anyone explain it?
Thanks in advance!
�va
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13 Dec 2008
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nebo_Londona
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here in Ukraine we call it "a dog"))
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13 Dec 2008
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marzenka
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leva, that�s a good question and I�m interested in the answer, too! In Poland we call it "a monkey" 
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13 Dec 2008
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Damielle
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In aArgentina we call it "arroba" |
13 Dec 2008
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Damielle
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The typographic character @, the at sign, is an abbreviation of the word �at� which evolved from the phrase "at the rate of" in accounting and commercial invoices, e.g. "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14". Nowadays, this commercial character is ubiquitous because of its use in e-mail addresses. In English, it is informally pronounced as at, and can be referred to as the at sign or the at symbol. Its official, typographic character nomenclature is commercial at in the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode character encoding standards. Some historical names are mentioned in the "History" section below.
if you speak Spanish, you�ll find another explanation here
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13 Dec 2008
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sldiaz
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In Panama we call it "arroba" too |
13 Dec 2008
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leva
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Thanks for your answer Damielle.
It�s very interesting to know how do you call this sign in your language.Wikipedia gives the opportunity to look after different usage and language. I love the Turkish �g�l� which means rose(it�s really nice).(It�s a bit funny when you use your name as an e-mail address and you have to say eg.worm after your name)Thanks again!
And many thanks for your nice comments on my worksheets,they always make my days:))
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13 Dec 2008
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cgato
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In Portugal we call it "arroba" too! Funny that it has so many different names depending on the country! |
13 Dec 2008
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eng789
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In Israel we call it "strudel" like in "apple strudel".
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13 Dec 2008
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domnitza
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Hi!
@ is <monkey tail> in Romanian. |
13 Dec 2008
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