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What is the @ symbol called?
« on: December 28, 2022, 03:57:14 PM »
What is the @ symbol called?

Officially, this symbol is called commercial at. Unofficially, most people seem to refer to it as the at sign or just at. Recently, there has also been a movement to call it the atmark. There are also numerous nicknames for it, including snail, curl, strudel, whorl, and whirlpool.--Google



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Re: What is the @ symbol called?
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2022, 12:29:53 PM »
What is the @ symbol called?

Officially, this symbol is called commercial at. Unofficially, most people seem to refer to it as the at sign or just at. Recently, there has also been a movement to call it the atmark. There are also numerous nicknames for it, including snail, curl, strudel, whorl, and whirlpool.--Google

Give it enough time and it'll become a racist symbol or transphobic symbol...



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Re: What is the @ symbol called?
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2022, 12:54:58 PM »
Could be.



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