Re: String name and Character Name

From: Andrew C. West (andrewcwest@alumni.princeton.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 28 2005 - 03:03:31 CST

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    On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:09:27 -0400, Patrick Andries wrote:
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    > = xiao laoshu, laoshu hao (Chinese)

    Patrick, thanks so much for that. I was just wondering what the Chinese name for
    the @ sign was (everyone I know just says "at" when telling you their email
    address in Chinese ... but then everyone I know speaks excellent Chinglish). For
    those who don't know Chinese "xiao laoshu" = "little mouse" and "laoshu hao" =
    "mouse mark", presumably because the @ sign looks like a little curled up mouse
    ... I think that's a really great name.

    Andrew



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