@

[Michael Quinion]

> On a completely different topic, does anyone know what @ (the
> e-mail symbol) is called in other languages, and a rough
> translation?

I wrote a World Wide Words piece some time ago based on the
LINGUIST list discussion and some other material:

  <http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/whereat.htm>.


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