Talk:Commercial at

This was in "external links", but gives a 404: German work. Perhaps someone knows where to find it these days? JTN 15:36, 2004 Sep 21 (UTC)

I saved on my PC pictures of the Venetian at-sign from a newspaper, they are taken from a book written in 1971 reproducing commercial documents from XII-XVI centuries. You think it would be a copyrigth violation to upload them in Wikipedia?


 * I'm afraid it probably would: the newspaper may well have had express permission to use the images in its article, which we don't have. We could argue "fair use", but we're trying to cut down on the amount of use we make of that, since different rules apply in different countries. IANAL, though, so don't take this answer as in any way final, it's just my personal hunch. - IMSoP 18:03, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Danish name: Pig's tail
I have never heard the name pig's tail for @. And I am Danish. I thing this is a myth - snabel-a is the one used.
 * I haven't either. Thue | talk 00:09, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Russian name
In Russian language it’s almost always called &#1089;&#1086;&#1073;&#1072;&#1082;&#1072; (sobaka) — just ‘dog’. &#1057;&#1086;&#1073;&#1072;&#1095;&#1082;&#1072; (soba&#269;ka) ‘little dog’ is a name to laugh at. Else an obsolete name for @ is &#1083;&#1103;&#1075;&#1091;&#1096;&#1082;&#1072; (l&#301;aguška) ‘frog’. And else there are some rare names produced by „people’s creation“ — &#1082;&#1088;&#1072;&#1082;&#1072;&#1079;&#1103;&#1073;&#1083;&#1072; (krakaz&#301;abla) (untranslatable), &#1089;&#1090;&#1088;&#1072;&#1085;&#1085;&#1099;&#1081; &#1089;&#1080;&#1084;&#1074;&#1086;&#1083; (strannyj simvol) ‘strange symbol’ etc., but they are very rare. So I have to change it to proper version. ru:%D0%A3%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA:Vertaler

Merge with @
I propose merging this article (Commercial at) into @, leaving a redirect here.

Reason for merge: both articles are principally about the symbol "@" in general.

Reason for using "@" as title: "Commercial" creates the false impression that the article is only for the symbol's use as related to commerce; indeed, it looks like confusion over the term "commercial" is why the two articles branched apart to begin with. Krubo 01:16, 3 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I agree, and I will now merge this article into @. NatusRoma 23:43, 10 May 2005 (UTC)