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Multilinguo@multilinguo@mastodon.social (2026-09-16 02:11:03)
@: one symbol, a whole zoo.

Arabic الربع ar-rubʿ "a quarter" (~11.5 kg trade weight)
→ Spanish arroba 13th c.
→ Mediterranean trade @ 16th c. (1536 Florentine letter)
→ typewriter late 19th c.
→ Ray Tomlinson, 1971, Cambridge MA: first networked email.

Every language named it differently:
IT chiocciola (snail)
DE Klammeraffe (monkey) 
RU собака (dog)
FI kissanhäntä (cat's tail)
HE שטרודל (strudel)
KO 골뱅이 (whelk shell)

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