Exactly like the title says, what is the @ symbol called? The & is called an ampersand, and the # is called an octothorpe (I think), but nobody seems to have a name for it, except for the "at symbol," but that can't be it's real name.
I could be used as a letter too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span>
I know it means "at." However, the symbol existed before it was used for that. That symbol was picked because it was an unused symbol on the keyboard, and so it was given a purpose. I was wondering if anyone had the official name for it.
Actually it's ampersat, the same way as & is ampersand.
"According to Berthold L Ullman in his 1932 book Ancient Writing and Its Influence, the symbol was created by calligraphers in the 8th century as a shortcut for the Latin word ‘ad’, which meant near, to, towards or at. The symbol was used in the Mediterranean about 500 years ago. The Spanish used @ to signify an ‘arroba’ which was a measure (between about 11 and 15 litres) of the capacity of terracotta jars used for transporting wine and oils. ‘Amphora’ was the term used by the Greeks for such containers. Along the northern Europe trading routes, the symbol developed its contemporary commercial meaning ‘at a price of’. In 1880, @ made its appearance as a typewriter key and, in 1971, it was first used as a separator in an email address."
The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate the local part from the hostname.
It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the latin preposition "ad" (at).
Giorgio Stabile, a professor of history in Rome, has traced the symbol back to the Italian Renaissance in a Roman mercantile document signed by Francesco Lapi on 1536-05-04.
In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail), in German "affenschwanz" (ape tail). The French name is "arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a weight of about 25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are called "arroba". Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail). <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So there you have it. If you want to be extra hip with your friends you can now say 'Just email me: monsieurevil little ape-tail natural-selection.org'.
<!--QuoteBegin--i'm lost+Nov 9 2003, 11:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (i'm lost @ Nov 9 2003, 11:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Exactly like the title says, what is the @ symbol called? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> In German, we call it "Klammeraffe", which means "spider monkey" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <a href='http://dict.leo.org/?search=klammeraffe&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard§Hdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en' target='_blank'>Proof</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--Cr/-\ck+Nov 9 2003, 10:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cr/-\ck @ Nov 9 2003, 10:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I could be used as a letter too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Woo hoo hoo pwnt!
<!--QuoteBegin--MonsieurEvil+Nov 9 2003, 02:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MonsieurEvil @ Nov 9 2003, 02:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So there you have it. If you want to be extra hip with your friends you can now say 'Just email me: monsieurevil little ape-tail natural-selection.org'. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Y'know MonsE, there may come a time when someone misinterprets your sense of humor, hunts you down, and beats you with a stick. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
I've <i>always</i> known it as "at", even before the internet became big. I recall seeing written on a chalkboard something to the effect of "Strawberries @ (insert price here) each".
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I could be used as a letter too
in swedish it's a "snabel a", an a with a trunk(as in elefant trunk).
"gift" is also a pretty weird word in swedish, it means both married and poison(go figure <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->).
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<!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Nov 9 2003, 07:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Nov 9 2003, 07:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Cr/-\ck+Nov 9 2003, 10:34 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cr/-\ck @ Nov 9 2003, 10:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I could be used as a letter too <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Woo hoo hoo pwnt! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> yup
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@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span>
"According to Berthold L Ullman in his 1932 book Ancient Writing and Its Influence, the symbol was created by calligraphers in the 8th century as a shortcut for the Latin word ‘ad’, which meant near, to, towards or at. The symbol was used in the Mediterranean about 500 years ago. The Spanish used @ to signify an ‘arroba’ which was a measure (between about 11 and 15 litres) of the capacity of terracotta jars used for transporting wine and oils. ‘Amphora’ was the term used by the Greeks for such containers. Along the northern Europe trading routes, the symbol developed its contemporary commercial meaning ‘at a price of’. In 1880, @ made its appearance as a typewriter key and, in 1971, it was first used as a separator in an email address."
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><character> "@". ASCII code 64. Common names: at sign, at,
strudel. Rare: each, vortex, whorl, INTERCAL: whirlpool,
cyclone, snail, ape, cat, rose, cabbage, amphora. ITU-T:
commercial at.
The @ sign is used in an electronic mail address to separate
the local part from the hostname.
It is ironic that @ has become a trendy mark of Internet
awareness since it is a very old symbol, derived from the
latin preposition "ad" (at).
Giorgio Stabile, a professor of history in Rome, has traced
the symbol back to the Italian Renaissance in a Roman
mercantile document signed by Francesco Lapi on 1536-05-04.
In Dutch it is called "apestaartje" (little ape-tail), in
German "affenschwanz" (ape tail). The French name is
"arobase". In Spain and Portugal it denotes a weight of about
25 pounds, the weight and the symbol are called "arroba".
Italians call it "chiocciola" (snail).
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So there you have it. If you want to be extra hip with your friends you can now say 'Just email me: monsieurevil little ape-tail natural-selection.org'.
<!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In German, we call it "Klammeraffe", which means "spider monkey" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://dict.leo.org/?search=klammeraffe&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard§Hdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed&lang=en' target='_blank'>Proof</a>
<!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'><!--endemo-->
Now someone explain the origins of the tilde! ~
Or...
StoppingTeenangst@ForumUltimate.com?
@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Woo hoo hoo pwnt!
Example #2: @$...discontinues
Amphora were originally Greek, but like all things Greek, they were then used by the Romans.
useless trivia from Latin I.
Y'know MonsE, there may come a time when someone misinterprets your sense of humor, hunts you down, and beats you with a stick. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I could be used as a letter too
@ for a<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
d13 f00l! 3v3ry0n3 kn0wz 7h47 17'5 "4", n07 "@". n00b <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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In German, we call it "Klammeraffe", which means "spider monkey" <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://dict.leo.org/?search=klammeraffe&searchLoc=0&relink=on&spellToler=standard§Hdr=on&tableBorder=1&cmpType=relaxed?=en' target='_blank'>Proof</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
"gift" is also a pretty weird word in swedish, it means both married and poison(go figure <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->).
@ for a
Example: <span style='color:red'>lets not dodge the swe@r filter</span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Woo hoo hoo pwnt! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yup
thats good times
Syder is now @
O_O
It's called arobase here.