Corpora: the At sign

[Maria Gavrilidou]

I agree! However, besides 'papaki" (=little duck, duckling), "at" is used as
well.

Maria Gavrilidou

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Demetriou" <g.demetriou at dcs.shef.ac.uk>
To: "Tadeusz Piotrowski" <tadpiotr at plusnet.pl>
Cc: "Corpora at Hd.Uib.No" <corpora at hd.uib.no>
Sent: Παρασκευή, 12 Οκτωβρίου 2001 2:37 μμ
Subject: Re: Corpora: the At sign


> I know quite a few Greeks who call the @ sign the "little duck".
>
> George Demetriou
>
> > 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
> > Opole
> > Poland
> > tel/fax +48-71-3165847
> > mobile +48-607-159263
>