Re: Corpora: the At sign

From: M M Van Zaanen (menno@comp.leeds.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 10:09:12 MET DST

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    Hello,

    I'd like to give a minor (spelling) correction.

    On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, John Shippey wrote:
    > In Flemish/Dutch, it's called "apenstart" or "apenstartje" (literally:
    > "ape's tail", or "ape's little tail") when talking _about_ the symbol - but

    It's actually called "apenstaart" or "apenstaartje" (with two a's, three
    in total). I've also heard "strudel" (like the German cake), but this
    might be some foreign influence (Israel, maybe?).

    Regards,

    Menno van Zaanen

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