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"Because it is used in every e-mail address and many tweets, you might be forgiven for thinking that the remarkably common symbol @, which English-speakers know as the 'at sign,' but Italians call a 'snail,' and south Slavs know as a 'monkey,' is a fairly recent invention." -jc.05.14.09 #

A post from the daily flow of linkage called Fresh Signals, at Coudal.com.