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Re: Off-topic: @

2005-10-06 18:11:34

Paul Hoffman wrote:
 
<http://herodios.com/atsign.html>

Nice.  I'm not sure about the explanation for the German word
"Klammeraffe" (hanging monkey), so far I thought that it's a
pun:  "@" looks a bit like a narrow "(a)", and that would be
"Klammer-a(ffe)" or parenthesised a(pe)

<http://dict.leo.org/?search=klammeraffe>  Bye, Frank


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