On our Radio4 on Saturday (couldn't re-listen to it to clarify the detail until today because they had technical problems) it was reported that a film is being made about email, and the @ key is now the one most often hit. Apparently the symbol started life in the middle ages, but it has no official title. In Holland and South Africa it's referred to as a monkey's tail, in Russia a little dog, in Sweden a cinnamon roll, and in other places it has various names including a maggot, a snail and a pickled herring.
I always referred to it as "the at symbol" when it was used in typing invoices, eg "10 reams of paper @ two pounds. Total 20 pounds." Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
