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A Natural History of the Sign

by reeeeee on 8/9/19, 9:43 AM with 5 comments

• by kbutler on 8/10/19, 6:28 PM

  Note that the actual title of the article is "A Natural History of the @ Sign".

  Omitted the '@' (probably an escaping issue) drastically changes the title.

• by reeeeee on 8/9/19, 9:46 AM

  I came upon this page after an Indian collegue of mine called the '@' sign something along the lines of 'aderate'. I did not understand why, and after some searching an article popped up written by someone who had the exact same thing happen to him[1].

  [1] https://invisibleblocks.com/2005/9/28/what-indians-call-the-...

• by hestipod on 8/10/19, 7:47 PM

  I love the Polish colloqualism for it, "małpa" meaning "monkey" because of the curled tail.

• by ncmncm on 8/11/19, 12:18 AM

  "The Sign". Portentous.

  I like the Indonesian name best.