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> >> > > miukumauku? > >> > > > >> > > >> > @ was so we called it "ihme-a". the weird a. reasonable enough, right? > >> > i think > >> > i'll start using that, when telling people over the phone what my email > >> > address > >> > >>i never understood the logic behind the translation "miukumauku". then > >>again, its logical for humans to be illogical. for me it has always been > >>"at" -sign, and it shall remain so. > > > >The essence of "Miukumauku" is in the catlikeness of the character; > >miukumauku !? hu thats a cat ? my father allways called it in the 80ies >"klammeraffe" that means something like grappling-ape. because the @ sign >looks like one of those apes who climb with their long tail. miuku or mauku are pet names for cat's in general.. We don't have much of those tail-feature monkeys around here. =) To me it at least looks like a cat curled up, sleeping. .:�. Analogia (Antti Kurittu) http://kohina.cjb.net | http://telamurska.cjb.net | http://commie.oy.com http://www.kolumbus.fi/antti.kurittu | Eight bits should be more than enough...
