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I can think of a few English pictograms on the standard keyboard: ^ = Hat * = Star # = Hash ~ = Squiggle { = Curly
In Norwegian the official name is "krøllalfa", meaning "curly alpha". Hip in the 90s, but I don't think I've heard anyone call it that in years. I was actually surprised when I learned that "at" was the proper English name and usage. I had always assumed it was a symbol that had been co-opted into network addresses because it was accessible from the keyboard and kinda looked like an a. One advantage of the internatio…
I always thought the English version was ampersat.
I can think of a few English pictograms on the standard keyboard: ^ = Hat * = Star # = Hash ~ = Squiggle { = Curly
^ = techito (little roof)
* = asterisco
# = gato (litteraly means cat, but refers to the game of gato(tick tack toe))
~ = rabo de chancho (pig's tail)
: = dos puntos (two dots)
; = punto y coma (dot and comma)
' = comilla (little comma)In Japanese, the sign itself is called "attomaaku" ("at mark") but it's pronounced as "atto" when dictated. So someone's email would be johnsmith-at-gmail-dot-com, and if you ask a Japanese person to pronounce the symbol, they would say "atto". However, if you show them the symbol and ask them _what it is_, they probably would say "attomaaku". Semiotics is fascinating.
"atto" is アット for アットマーク and you don't really pronounce the "to" so much in the end, unless you're really from the countryside or something. It's just that you need to have it to make the "t" sound coming from English. Not sure what's so fascinating about that particular example in Japanese, there are much more interesting things in the language than this.
I didn't say this was a great example to showcase the nuance and intricacy of Japanese. All I said was how semiotics was interesting in general, my observation being an (admittedly boring) example of it.
No one actually uses „Klammeraffe“ in German. It’s just „at“ (English pronunciation – most of the time). I wonder how widespread the use of those alternative names for “at” is in other languages he lists. In German „Klammeraffe“ is this weird, unwieldy nickname that used to be somewhat fashionable a long time ago (mid-nineties maybe, whenever many people where first confronted with email addresses). I remember it bei…
Affenschwanz: Monkey tail Affenohr: Monkey ear Affenschaukel: Monkey swing Elefantenohr: Elephant ear
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"atto" is アット for アットマーク and you don't really pronounce the "to" so much in the end, unless you're really from the countryside or something. It's just that you need to have it to make the "t" sound coming from English. Not sure what's so fascinating about that particular example in Japanese, there are much more interesting things in the language than this.
Thanks for teaching me how to pronounce Japanese words! I am not all that familiar with the language. My limited experience includes being born in this little clubbing district called Roppongi, growing up in this little city called Tokyo until I was fourteen, and having read somewhere between 3,000 and 5,000 books in it. Even with such a limited knowledge of Japanese, I ostensibly have a monthly column in a nationall…
It just seemed weird to mention Japanese for this particular case of @ since I don't think there is anything remarkable to it compared to how it's pronounced in other languages as mentioned in the original post.
What magazine do you write in ?
I can think of a few English pictograms on the standard keyboard: ^ = Hat * = Star # = Hash ~ = Squiggle { = Curly
I believe in Russian it's called "Sobachka", or "Doggy." (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Dating in Korea: "Hey, really enjoyed talking to you! Can I have your email address?" "Sure, it's john sea snail hotmail dot com." "Oh. Great."
No one actually uses „Klammeraffe“ in German. It’s just „at“ (English pronunciation – most of the time). I wonder how widespread the use of those alternative names for “at” is in other languages he lists. In German „Klammeraffe“ is this weird, unwieldy nickname that used to be somewhat fashionable a long time ago (mid-nineties maybe, whenever many people where first confronted with email addresses). I remember it bei…