HIT @ arroba

[katharina barbara lambsdorff berg <belein@DIALDATA.COM.BR>]

Hi, everyone.
I don't remember who wanted to know about @ but maybe I can contribute.  In=
=20
Portugese we call "@" symbol "arroba".  My Oxford Universal Dictionary =20
says: [Sp.,ad.Arab.] I. A weight used in Spain and Sp. America of the=20
standard value of 25 Sp. or 25.36 Eng. pounds..."  Brazilians still use the=
=20
measure, but it is not recognized as a standard since we use the metric=20
system.  Maybe it is similar to the =A3 symbol.
Maybe this is a clue to further investigations.

Katharina Berg
Librarian=20
Col=E9gio Sidarta
Cotia, SP Brazil
kberg@sidarta.g12.br  (school)
belein@dialdata.com.br (homes)

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