[Informatics] [OT] Ray Tomlinson

[ken price]

Just a curiosity: the @ symbol is called an *Affenschwanz* in German. And
*aapstert* in Afrikaans.
Both literally means "monkey's tail" which is a nice description of its
appearance - a monkey with its tail curled around it.
In Welsh it is *malwen *(snail)
In Hungarian,*kukac* (worm or maggot)

But in English it appears to have no other name than the "at sign".

kp

On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Trouse <
Stephen.Trouse at flinders.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> He was just a b at by!
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> *From:* informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> informatics-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 March 2016 4:18 PM
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> *Subject:* [Informatics] [OT] Ray Tomlinson
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> cc: Ray
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> Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of email and the man who picked the @ symbol
> for email addresses, has died aged 74.
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> Th@'s sad.
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> Mark Kelly
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> mark at vceit.com
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> http://vceit.com
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