@. A series of letters in the London Review of Books has reported on the names for the symbol “@” in a variety of countries. Here are some of them (in translation):
Greek a duck
Dutch a monkey’s tail
Russian a little dog
Belarussian a snail
Hungarian a grub or maggot
Swedish an elephant’s trunk
Israeli strudel (a rolled up apple tart)
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