first dictionary with @?

Bethany K. Dumas dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Sun Apr 18 20:43:50 UTC 2004


On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, sagehen wrote:

>>The earliest dictionary evidence I have at hand for @ is in Webster
>>(1847).  Anybody have an earlier dictionary with a listing for @?

>Was it, as I always thought, simply a way of writing "ea." ?
>A. Murie

??? What would the <ea.> have signified?

Bethany



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