What is this symbol called in your language?
>>56425837
Circly A
(Sir-Clee-Eh)
>>56425837
arroba
arroba
>>56425837
atto maaku
aloha
>>56425837
at sign
arroba
Dog
i'm serious
>>56425901
That makes no sense. Why 'at'?
>>56425916
This I get
>>56425922
Because its use was popularised through bookkeeping.
Carrots @ 20p
Carrots @ 20p per kg
North americans just lost their shit and can't understand logic
Klammeraffe
Spider monkey
The literal translation would be clingy monkey.
Snabel-a
player
>>56425916
It's monkey in Polish, desu...
i don't know what it's technically called but everyone i know just calls it at
>>56426015
Sounds like clamber in Englisch. Nice.
aruba
monkey
>>56425837
miukumauku
macedonia responded
thread can die now
@56425837
It's called the "post that doesn't deserve a reply" sign
>>56425996
Poverty food @ 20 pennies (American. For Aussies it's like 50$ equivalent) per commie-pounds
What's there not to understand?
>>56425922
>Why 'at'?
because of email...
Do I have to do it or will someone else
>>56426678
doesn't make any sense...
>>56425837
Shtrudel, like the pastry.
>>56426711
[email protected]
we would say jimbo at gmail.com on the phone
>>56426678
@ has been on typewriters for a very long time and was used as a price per unit symbol.
>>56426847
what? I don't get it
>>56426847
That's not the origin of calling it at Ameriblob, it was called at and used in that sense long before the internet
arroba
>>56426920
your nick is jimbo at the gmail server
>>56425837
We just use its english name
>>56427000
huh?
>>56427095
YOUR USER NAME IS JIMBO AND IT IS HOSTED AT A GMAIL SERVER
>>56425967
>>56425922
>>56426892
Looked it up it's official name is "commercial at". I just called it the at symbol.
>>56426961
The internet is so big it might as well be associated with e-mail, just like # is called a hashtag now
