Thread: What the heck is electronic mail?
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Old 07-10-2007, 10:13 AM   #5
Shawnee123
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Originally Posted by Kitsune View Post
I've always been really interested to see what other cultures call the "@". Little monkeys, elephant trunks, snails, mice, cats, ducks, worms, curls and much more.

In Finnish it's "miukumauku" meaning "the meow sign".
Mr Limbaugh once argued like a crazy person that @ is an ampersand.
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