Corpora: the At sign

[Peter.Dirix at lhs.be]

Hi,

sorry, but the correct spelling in Dutch is "apenstaart" or "apenstaartje".
You can also use it when dictating an email address.
The English "at" is also used in Dutch though.

Peter Dirix




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                    12/10/01 09:52






In Flemish/Dutch, it's called "apenstart" or "apenstartje" (literally:
"ape's tail", or "ape's little tail") when talking _about_ the symbol - but
when dictating a mail address one would say, for example, "mister dot
foobar
'at' wherever dot com".

John Shippey
john_shippey at hotmail.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tadeusz Piotrowski" <tadpiotr at plusnet.pl>
To: "Corpora at Hd.Uib.No" <corpora at hd.uib.no>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: Corpora: the At sign


> Dear All
> I have a slightly unusual request: what do the speakers of various
languages
> call the at sign (@), as in the email addresses?
> Germans and Poles call it monkey, Russians: little dog, etc etc.
> Thank you very much.
>
> Tadeusz Piotrowski
> English Department
> Opole University
> Oleska 48
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