Re: REF: What ido you call this @?

[David Lindsey <dlindsey@EAGLE.ESD189.WEDNET.EDU>]

Really?  When I learned to type more than 40 yrs ago it was called by the
instructor the "each" and "per" sign....

David A. Lindsey
Lakewood High and Middle School Libraries
Lakewood, WA 98259
dlindsey@esd189.wednet.edu
dlindsey@lwsd.wednet.edu
ka7obu@gte.net

On Sat, 2 May 1998, Ken Umbach wrote:

> 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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