An @ by any other name wouldn’t smell as sweet

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005 at 7:54 AM | No comments Category: Meryl's Notes Blog

Chevy would not want to sell its Nova with this name to Spanish-speaking people unless they want to promote “no go,” which is what Nova translates to. Who knew that @ has other translations considering it’s in all email addresses no matter what language you speak?

Sometimes we forget that @ wasn’t always known as part of an email address. Does ‘@’ stand for ‘pig’s tail’ or ’strudel’? shares what the symbol means in other languages. So now I can refer to my mother’s excellent strudel as “@!!!!”

Get more translations of @ from herodios.

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