Proper name for the "at" sign

[jrbarnett]

The sign "@" used in email addresses is always known as the at sign, or at symbol.

Is there a proper name for it?
(along the lines of & is ampersand; ^ is caret, * is asterisk etc).

John

 

[stackdump]

Oh lord, now I've started something..., but in for a penny in for a pound.

Since we're defining a shorthand language, we would want to shorten the most commonly occurring character sequences to a single stroke, so

^ could mean repeat the last character (saves on double characters)
$ for "ing"
& for "th"

We can also compound, so a word like "the" would become "{&}"

So {&}n {&} {t}(x) (s)a(r)s to g(e) v{r} i{}{r}(s)$, {&} {t}(x) wil^ g(e) v{r}y od^ inde^d!

 

[Dagon]

So you would replace a three letter word with ..er.. a three letter word ?

 

[KenCunningham]

I was wondering that myself.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Yes, why using (), [], {} or <> if )]}and > would do?

I also see no benefit in ^ for repeating the last character. Even taking into account, that you don't want to save characters/bytes/ram, but ink/paper.

Bye, Olaf.

PS: this message was written with recycled electrons.

 

[snuv]

This is gre(a)

anything would {b} any&$ and hinge would be h{$}
so{m} sav$ {{&}r} {m}&inks

(i) could take we^s to {d}cip{h} a po(s)

By {&} t{} {w} ha{e} finis{h}d, I wo un{d}r(s)and
{Si{l}Aich} @ all

If (i) could ha{v} go{n} wrong earl{i}r and (i) did, (i) u(l){(a)}ly would ha{v} {{b}}n {b}{n}ficial for (i) to ha{v}." : Murphy's U(l){(a)} Corol^ary

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[stackdump]

So you would replace a three letter word with ..er.. a three letter word ?

Err... in a word no. You're um... missing the point here.

This is shorthand, where its the number of penstrokes that is important. The idea is that if you replace "at" with a single pen stroke like @, you could also add similar penstrokes to certain letters, so then you dont have to write the others. G(e) (i)?

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Hey snuv,

your name already is an abreviation of "it's enough", isn't it?

Bye, Olaf.

 

[snuv]

If {w} cap(i)ali{s}d {&} {l}{t^}r, {w} could have {&} p{r}{c}d$ {l}{t^}r {r}pla{c}d

eg (a) = at and (A) would be ta

Olaf

Sadly not. I couldnt think of a handle so used my cat's name
He was named by my mother who is a Dr Suess fan

Snuv

If (i) could ha{v} go{n} wrong {A}rl{i}r and (i) did, (i) u(l){(a)}ly would ha{v} {{b}}n {b}{n}ficial for (i) (O) ha{v}." : rphy's U(l){(a)} Corol^ary

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[stackdump]

{m}$inks &(i)s is g(t^)$ hard{R} (O) (F)nd {X}[a]p(l)s

I wish I handnt started this.

 

[kjv1611]

Ok, am I the first to do it? I hope so!

KenCunningham and MeGustaXL:

On posting the link:
[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2002/HistoryofAtSign.asp[/url] back to back...

Jinx!!

[LOL] [BLUSH] A tad childish, but hey, I'm a Tek-R-Us Kid!