Re: Official name for the @ symbol?

[Marc Barringer <barrim -at- REDSKYTECH -dot- COM>]

I'll concur. The Manual of American Typesetting (1938 edition) lists the
symbol as

"Commercial At"

My dad(1940 edition), who was a typesetter, says the contraction for it was
said "see-at". ("At" was a typesetting standard, and the two could not be
confused.)

Marc Barringer
Red Sky Technologies
Master of Pointless Trivia


>In olden times (like, when I was young...) it was referred
>to as the "commercial at".  In those days, there WAS no
>email, so it had nothing to do with addresses. It was used
>as a shorthand for rates:
>
>3 oranges @ $0.10 ea
>
>Of course... in those days they had a "cents" symbol, too.
>[Probably because there used to be things you could buy
> for less than a dollar -- but I digress from my digression.]
>I can't recall, above which key THAT appeared on my
>Mom's Underwood (2nd one ever made, I believe... :-)
>
>
>Kevin McLauchlan
>kmclauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com    (aka  kevinmcl -at- netrover -dot- com)
>Journeyman techy writer, duffer skydiver, full-time unrepentent chocoholic
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sandra Dixon [SMTP:sdixon -at- BBN -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:54 PM
>> Subject:      Official name for the @ symbol?
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>> Is there an official name for the @ symbol, other than the "at sign"?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Sandy
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