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Date:  12 Oct 2001
From: Devin Stewart <dstewar at LearnLink.Emory.Edu>
Subject: @ sign

It might interest people to know that the name for @ in Spanish is
actually of Arabic origin:
@ in Spanish is  arroba < Ar. ar-rub3
originally meaning 25 pounds, or one quarter of a qinTaar > Sp. quintal.

Devin Stewart, Chair
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-4625 ; fax (404) 727-2133

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