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Subject:Re: Official name for the @ symbol? From:Rebecca Merck <Rebecca -dot- Merck -at- ONESOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:02:22 -0400
_New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage_ refers to it as
"at, each" under _Signs and Symbols_, page 452.
I was a little disappointed -- I was expecting a more exciting name too.
-Rebecca
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From: Sandra Dixon [mailto:sdixon -at- BBN -dot- COM]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:54 PM
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Subject: Official name for the @ symbol?
Is there an official name for the @ symbol, other than the "at sign"?
