Does the symbol @ have a name in English because apparently it does in French,i.e. 'arrobas' and how do French people or Spanish-speakers pronounce it when quoting an e-mail address?

McGruff

In English it means 'at' and was originally used in commerce. The symbol itself is called an arobas, just like the 'and' symbol is called an ampersand or the 'hash mark' or 'pound key' is called an octothorpe. I don't know how the French pronounce it when quoting an email address, but I would imagine it would be the French word for 'at.' May 11 02, 12:00 PM

seconder

Chambers dictionary gives no name for the symbol but in Spanish and Portuguese it is referred to as 'arrobas' from an old measure of quantity. In Spanish you say 'en' meaning 'at' for the sign in e-mail addresses. May 11 02, 4:31 PM

Barrow boy

A similar question was asked and answered about 6 weeks ago. Somebody said that in Dutch it is colloquially known as a 'little pig's tail' and in Italian as a snail. However, put @ into Webmaster Terry's new search engine and you have megacrash! May 13 02, 2:42 AM

Gnomon

Where I come from, @ is always called 'the at sign' and is pronounced 'at'. So the stupid film name 'You've got M@il' looks like 'You've got matil'. May 27 02, 12:46 PM

dendron

Supossedly, it is called a 'mercantile at' Jun 02 02, 11:56 AM