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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6514 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes  Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 41 21 July 2006 at 3:56am | IP Logged |
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In Danish that symbol is always called "snabel a" (literally "(elephant) trunk a").
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| lenkadv Hexaglot Newbie Czech Republic Joined 6960 days ago 21 posts - 24 votes 3 sounds Speaks: Czech*, English, German, SpanishB2, Russian, FrenchB2 Studies: Japanese | Message 10 of 41 21 July 2006 at 8:16am | IP Logged |
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In Czech we call it "zavinac" which in pre-email times was the name of pickled herring. The herring is rolled (as the word "zavinac" suggests), and it does resemble the shape of @ indeed. So sure itīs weird but very creative. I would love to know who came up with the word to mean "at".
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| Kveldulv Senior Member Italy Joined 6764 days ago 222 posts - 244 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian* | Message 11 of 41 21 July 2006 at 8:53am | IP Logged |
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In Italian we call it "chiocciola", snail.
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| rafal Diglot Groupie Poland besmart.pl Joined 6665 days ago 83 posts - 85 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC1 Studies: German, Spanish | Message 12 of 41 21 July 2006 at 9:28am | IP Logged |
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In Polish it's "malpa" which means... a monkey. :-)
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| Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 6967 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish | Message 13 of 41 21 July 2006 at 9:35am | IP Logged |
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One of my Hungarian friends called @ "csiga" (snail) when he dictated his email address to me.
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| zack Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 7020 days ago 122 posts - 127 votes Speaks: German*, English, Spanish, French Studies: Mandarin | Message 14 of 41 21 July 2006 at 4:51pm | IP Logged |
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In German, the @-symbol is sometimes called `Klammeraffe' (= spider monkey), but most people just say `at' now. Edited by zack on 21 July 2006 at 5:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mga Groupie United States beastie.redirectme.n Joined 6934 days ago 67 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Arabic (Written) | Message 15 of 41 23 July 2006 at 9:17am | IP Logged |
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There is a Language Miniature about the various names for @ in different languages on William Z. Shetter's website here. It links to this discussion on the LINGUIST list. Edited by Mga on 23 July 2006 at 9:24am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| el topo Diglot Groupie Belgium Joined 6571 days ago 66 posts - 71 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Dutch | Message 16 of 41 25 July 2006 at 6:16am | IP Logged |
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In Russian @ is often called "sobaka" (which means "dog"). No idea why. Edited by el topo on 25 July 2006 at 6:16am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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