Jag tycker det var lite synd att ett tredje alternativ inte riktigt fick lyfta där i den initiala diskussionen; det poetiska namnet apsvans (tänk Pippi Långstrump) var min favorit.
Jag fick lov att kolla upp tecknet på engelska wikipedia,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign
...och stöter då på att apsvans faktiskt används i andra språk;
In
Afrikaans, it is called
aapstert, meaning 'monkey tail', similarly to the
Dutch use of the word (
aap in
apenstaart, is the word for 'monkey' or 'ape' in
Dutch,
stert comes from the Dutch
staart).
In
Bulgarian, it is called кльомба (
klyomba – 'a badly written letter'), маймунско а (
maymunsko a – 'monkey A'), маймунка (
maimunka – 'little monkey'), or баница (
banitsa – a pastry roll often made in a shape similar to the character)
In
German, it has sometimes been referred to as
Klammeraffe (meaning '
spider monkey') or
Affenschwanz (meaning 'monkey tail').
Klammeraffe and
Affenschwanz refer to the similarity of @ to the tail of a monkey.
More recently, it is commonly referred to as
at, as in English.
In
Indonesian, it is usually
et. Variations exist – especially if verbal communication is very noisy – such as
a bundar and
a bulat (both meaning 'circled A'),
a keong ('snail A'), and (most rarely)
a monyet ('monkey A').
In
Luxembourgish it used to be called
Afeschwanz ('monkey tail'), but due to widespread use, it is now called
at, as in English.
In
Macedonian, it is called
мајмунче (
majmunče,
[ˈmajmuntʃɛ], 'little monkey').
In
Polish, it is commonly called
małpa ('monkey'). Rarely, the English word
at is used.
In
Romanian, it is most commonly called
at, but also colloquially called
coadă de maimuță ('monkey tail') or
a-rond. The latter is commonly used, and it comes from the word
round (from its shape), but that is nothing like the mathematical symbol
A-rond (rounded A). Others call it
aron, or
la (Romanian word for 'at').
In
Serbian, it is called
лудо А (
ludo A – 'crazy A'),
мајмунче (
majmunče – 'little monkey'), or
мајмун (
majmun – 'monkey').
In
Slovenian, it is called
afna (an informal word for 'monkey').
