Re: REF: What ido you call this @?

[Ken Umbach <kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET>]

It is "the at sign."  REALLY.  There was a LENGTHY thread on this last fall
on LM_Net.  See the archives.  (It is sometimes called "the snail" on
account of its appearance).

Personally, I finally named the thing "Peggy," after my sister.

:-)

Ken

At 09:45 AM 5/2/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A question that a teacher brought us last year to which we haven't yet
>found the answer:
>
>What is this symbol @ called? (In case your e-mail has garbled the symbol,

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