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How does one pronounce the '@' symbol?

Do you just pronounce it as "at"?

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The at sign (@), also called the at symbol or asperand,is formally an abbreviation of the accounting and commercial invoice term "at the rate of".

In recent years its meaning has changed to also mean "at" in the sense of "located at", especially in e-mail addresses. Now it's simply pronounced at.

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I had no idea it existed before the email! – Lohoris Feb 19 '11 at 17:48
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The term asperand is extremely dubious! Looking at the Wikipedia article talk page, they’ve had a minor ongoing edit war for several years over whether this name should be included; and no-one there has ever given a reliable source — it almost looks like it’s could be a recent typo which only propagated into semi-official sources because it appeared on Wikipedia. Ampersat, though still dubious, is significantly more widely used. Other than this, good succinct answer — would +1 it if you removed asperand, or at least noted its dubiousness. – PLL Feb 19 '11 at 18:42
Oh — or of course also if you can give a more reliable source for it than Wikipedia, that would also allay my concerns. :-) – PLL Feb 19 '11 at 21:42
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Yes. The @ symbol is just another way of writing at.

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Yes - though (before the days of the internet) it was generally used for "at" in the sense of "at a price of ... (each)". – psmears Feb 19 '11 at 8:16

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