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Subject:Re: of octothorps and at signs From:Romay Jean Sitze <rositze -at- NMSU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 11 May 1995 21:31:43 -0600
On Wed, 10 May 1995, Sue MacIntosh wrote:
> And just to make things even more interesting, one of the
> typographers that I work with said he had heard the at-sign referred
> to as the "apiece" sign.
> Any comments?
And back in the dark ages of my youth, we learned to call the @ the
"each" sign. I much prefer the "at-sign" designation.
