I like commat from the prosign, it stems from its use in prices like 7 @ $4.
Also in Polish I encounter małpka (little or cute monkey) more than małpa (monkey), maybe that's a regional thing.
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#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the 80's it was not uncommon to hear "snabel-A" in Norway too, quite possibly because Danish and Swedish computer magazines were more commonly seen in Norway before more Norwegian magazines gained traction. "Alfrakrøll" was quite common for some time. Personally I don't think I've ever used krøllalfa - it just sounds dumb to me. "Alfrakrøll" is still what I'd prefer. Then again, I've lived outside of Norway for 14…
The Swedish is incorrectly reprinted by the TFA. It says "with an (elephant) trunk", while the referenced Tweet (by a Swedish person) says "elephant trunk A". The actual Swedish wording is "snabel-a", which is a compound word consisting of the two words "snabel" ([elephant] trunk) and "a" (the letter "a"). So the proper English translation of the Swedish name for the character @ would be something like "an A with a t…
I'm from Sweden as well, and it took a while for me to hear it referred to as "kanelbulle".
In the early 90's when I was introduced to email, my father and his colleagues used to call it "kanelbulle", and that stuck with me. It wasn't until a few years later when email started to gain traction with the non-techie crowd I heard it being called "snabel-a".
Translation; "kanelbulle" is Swedish for "cinnamon roll/bun", because @ looks like one.
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#93No 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…
The Dutch one "money tail" is more widespread than "at", I would say.
Generally for email we say "at", because it's just shorter. But for other uses, "apenstaartje" is also in widespread use. In particular for referring to the symbol itself, because it avoids ambiguity.
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#94Both cute and interesting.
Note, however, that the article does not distinguish between what the sign is called, and how it is read. I call it an "at sign". I read it "at". Now, in Dutch it's called a monkey tail (said in Dutch, of course). But that may not be how it is read in Dutch.
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#95In Taiwan it's "小老鼠", which means "little mouse".
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Swedish is incorrectly reprinted by the TFA. It says "with an (elephant) trunk", while the referenced Tweet (by a Swedish person) says "elephant trunk A". The actual Swedish wording is "snabel-a", which is a compound word consisting of the two words "snabel" ([elephant] trunk) and "a" (the letter "a"). So the proper English translation of the Swedish name for the character @ would be something like "an A with a t…
I'm from Sweden as well, and it took a while for me to hear it referred to as "kanelbulle". In the early 90's when I was introduced to email, my father and his colleagues used to call it "kanelbulle", and that stuck with me. It wasn't until a few years later when email started to gain traction with the non-techie crowd I heard it being called "snabel-a". Translation; "kanelbulle" is Swedish for "cinnamon roll/bun", b…
Edit: First sentence doesn't make sense, I mean it took me some time to hear it referred to as "snabel-a".
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#97In Catalan we call it arrova. It's interesting that, used as a unit of mass, the @ had different values in different places [1][2]: - Castille: 11.5002325 kg - Aragon: 12.5 kg - Catalonia: 26 pounds - Valencia: 30 pounds - Portugal: 32 pounds Apparently it's still used as a unit of measure in Spain and South America, for example for oranges [2] and cocaine [3]. [1] http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrova [2] http://es.wi…
Note that 12 kg is 26.5 pounds, so they are all somewhat related to each other but not exactly.
The number of significant digits on the Castille version is ridiculous compared to the others. Could it be that Castille still uses this unit and therefore have such a specific translation value?
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#98In Hebrew, the official name is Strudel (Wikipedia: "A type of layered pastry with a filling that is usually sweet")