Passing of R. Tomlinson

Chuck Guzis cclist at sydex.com
Fri May 20 20:12:03 CDT 2016


On 05/20/2016 05:49 PM, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Eric Christopherson 
> <echristopherson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OH! He invented the at sign!
>> 
>> ;)
> 
> More or less funny names for the commercial at-sign: in Norwegian:
> krøll-alfa ("curled alpha") in Swedish: kanelbulle ("cinnamon bun"?) 
> :-)

Another very interesting term to file away with German "Gaensefuesschen"
for quotation marks (usually the << and >> ones).

"Little goose feet".

--Chuck



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