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What's this called @
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@ used to be known as the "commercial at" symbol because of its use on invoices and elsewhere:
24 loaves @ £1.03 per loaf = £24.72
33 sticky buns @ 43p each = £14.19
[and maybe in "I don't like your @titude!"]
Would it not be '@titude' using the sound of the '@' as the 'att' in 'attitude' or am I completely barking up the wrond tree?R0bert_Sterling wrote: »When calling someone a b@stard but the swear filter gets in the way!:j:j
Why wouldnt you just type bastard? lol0 -
jamesb1239 wrote: »Would it not be '@titude' using the sound of the '@' as the 'att' in 'attitude' or am I completely barking up the wrond tree?
Yes, you are completely barking! :rotfl: (Do you come from the Wrond-a Valley, by the way?)
Did you mean "@itude"? Depends if you pronouce the word as "at-titude" or "att-itude"...0
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