Re: Corpora: the At sign

From: Maria Gavrilidou (maria@ilsp.gr)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 16:02:53 MET DST

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    I agree! However, besides 'papaki" (=little duck, duckling), "at" is used as
    well.

    Maria Gavrilidou

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "George Demetriou" <g.demetriou@dcs.shef.ac.uk>
    To: "Tadeusz Piotrowski" <tadpiotr@plusnet.pl>
    Cc: "Corpora@Hd.Uib.No" <corpora@hd.uib.no>
    Sent: Παρασκευή, 12 Οκτωβρίου 2001 2:37 μμ
    Subject: Re: Corpora: the At sign

    > 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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