Re: Corpora: the At sign

From: George Demetriou (g.demetriou@dcs.shef.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 13:37:54 MET DST

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    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



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