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Latest post Tue, Mar 1 2005 11:31 PM by soozy. 2 replies.
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soozy  +  77647 Tue, 01 Mar 05 11:31 PM
What does the computer keyboard symbol "@" mean?
I've always used it in place of the word "at".

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Mister Micawber  +  77729 Wed, 02 Mar 05 07:32 AM

That's what it means. But don't use it as 'at' in essay writing!

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Miche, 4 yr 267 days ago
There is a whole article about @ here:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/whereat.htm
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