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Posted Nov 27, 2000 by  Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
Why do you say we English speakers have failed to come up with a decent name for @?
Is "at" not the best possible name? It is short, pronounceable and means what it says. It makes the addresses readable:
joe@buzz.com is joe at buzz.com.
I think this would be confusing if it were:
joe monkey's tail buzz.com
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Posted Nov 27, 2000 by Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here
The symbols actual name is ampersand not at. As mentioned in another thread, a new word, atpersand, could do the job. Invariably it would be shortened to at in day-to-day usage - which would suit our purposes well.
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Posted Nov 28, 2000 by Gnomon [See A60420098 for details of new sign-in system]
Ampersand is the name for a different symbol. Ampersand is "&". The "@" sign, as described in the article, is "commercial at" but is normally known as "at".
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Posted Nov 29, 2000 by Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here
Oops. Forgive me, I had been drinking 
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Posted Dec 4, 2000 by Researcher 161481
I can't see the problem with Joe's monkey tail. If he didn't want a monkey tail, he shouldn't have a computer
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Posted Oct 5, 2001 by Daddy Doodles - Now married with 2.4 Doodlets
Hello
I found this a very interesting article, and wanted to add a little point about "ampersand".
Chambers gives some details about 'ampersand' that were new to me, and the person who suggested 'atpersand' as a name (or rather, pronouncable name!) for the at symbol might agree with my new effort.
ampersand - the character representing 'and' - Also 'amperzand' , ampussyand, ampassy [ and per se and - that is '& by itself and'.
A bit confusing, I admit, but knowing that 'per se' means 'in itself', as in : "I'm not talking about one individual dog but dogs per se!" , it makes some kind of sense.
And by the same logic, I propose 'atpersat' as a suitable word that would mean 'the at symbol'.
Just as a footnote, I live and work in France on a french keyboard, and for some reason they have @ as the THIRD option on the 0 key. This means that every time you want to type an e-mail adress, you have to press 'Ctr + alt + 0' !! Not terribly convenient, especially if you 'ten-finger type'.
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Posted Oct 5, 2001 by Daddy Doodles - Now married with 2.4 Doodlets
Hello
I found this a very interesting article, and wanted to add a little point about "ampersand".
Chambers gives some details about 'ampersand' that were new to me, and the person who suggested 'atpersand' as a name (or rather, pronouncable name!) for the at symbol might agree with my new effort.
ampersand - the character representing 'and' - Also 'amperzand' , ampussyand, ampassy [ and per se and - that is '& by itself and'.
A bit confusing, I admit, but knowing that 'per se' means 'in itself', as in : "I'm not talking about one individual dog but dogs per se!" , it makes some kind of sense.
And by the same logic, I propose 'atpersat' as a suitable word that would mean 'the at symbol'.
Just as a footnote, I live and work in France on a french keyboard, and for some reason they have @ as the THIRD option on the 0 key. This means that every time you want to type an e-mail adress, you have to press 'Ctr + alt + 0' !! Not terribly convenient, especially if you 'ten-finger type'.
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Posted Apr 20, 2002 by Researcher 191934
Decent name in French: "petit escargot", or so I'm told.
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