What Other Countries Call the "@" Symbol

discoverynews:

Let’s come up with a better name! I suggest the “swirly-A” or the “AHHHHH!”

dbreunig:

Lifted from Huffington Post because bullets are better than photo slideshows:

  • Denmark: Elephant’s Trunk
  • Germany & Poland: Monkey’s Tail
  • Greek: Little Duck
  • Hebrew: Strudel
  • Italy: Snail
  • China: Mouse
  • Kazakhstan: Moon’s Ear
  • Russia: Dog Face
  • Finland: Sleeping Cat
  • Korea: Sea Snail
  • Hungary: Maggot

In short: Americans are unimaginative.

Source: dbreunig

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    Sleeping Cat! What a great image.
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    But…how do you recite your e-mail address? “Contact me at seung dot kim sea snail gmail dot kor”? Or “gabor maggot...
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  13. pinkballetflats reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    ah, we’re totally unimaginative.
  14. divinethedivine reblogged this from foreveryoung1010 and added:
    The swirly a is for AMERICA Because we are imaginative enough be the place where they invented email.
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    i like strudel
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    Americans, or English speakers?
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    I laugh every time I get an e-mail address in Korean.
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    Sleeping cat!! I usually call it squiggle.
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