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    Seiven: awesome, thank you giz for a truly educational article. I promise to tell someone today my email using "amphora" more »
    Curves: This makes me wonder where Tilda ~ got her name. more »
    Andreas Ventus: Jesus, you are wrong, Russians call it cabaka, in English it means a female dog. more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Jesus, you forgot the link to the article: [thelede.blogs.nytimes.com] (That of course being a sentence addressed to Mr. Diaz, not an exclamation of f... more »
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    What Does @ Really Mean?

    You use it every single day. In English it's called the "at sign." The Italians call it "snail." The Spaniards, "arroba." The Slavs, "monkey." But what did @ really mean 473 years ago? More »