@s of the world

The @ symbol is a really interesting symbol, especially because it is communicated through different cultures and languages quite differently. In Spanish as I noted previously it is called the arroba named for a unit of measurement. In other cultures it is called a snail or a small snail, some call it a dog, others a puppy, others see it as a monkey, and still more see it as an elephant. It reminds me the display when someone draws a dot on a blackboard, and asks the question, "What is it?," and everyone replies without any hesitation it's a dot. What else did you expect? Of course, depending on how you look at things it could be a myriad of different things. a whirpool of lines connecting you to a different universe, a bug, an eye, or whatever you mind allows you to see.

Nevertheless, that's the short entry for today. You can read all about what people like to call their @ symbols at Wikipedia.