Dog symbol known to all people who have a computer or other device. It can be seen in domain names, email names, and even some brand names.
In this article we will explain why this symbol is called a dog and what is its correct pronunciation.
Why the @ symbol is called a dog
Scientifically, the dog sign is called "commercial at" and looks like - "@". Why commercial? Because the English word "at" is a preposition that can be translated as "on", "on", "in" or "about".
It is worth noting that this symbol is called a dog only by users of the Russian Internet, while in other countries it is denoted by a variety of words.
According to one of the versions, the "@" sign originates from the alphanumeric PC monitors of the DVK brand, produced in the 80s, where the "tail" of this symbol looked like a schematically drawn dog.
According to another version, the origin of the name "dog" is interconnected with the computer game "Adventure", in which the player was accompanied by a dog with the designation "@". Yet the exact origin of this symbol is unknown.
The name of the "@" symbol in other countries:
- in Italian and Belarusian - snail;
- in Greek - duck;
- in Spanish, French and Portuguese - like the measure of weight, arroba (arroba);
- in Kazakh - the ear of the moon;
- in Kyrgyz, German and Polish - a monkey;
- in Turkish - meat;
- in Czech and Slovak - rollmops;
- in Uzbek - puppy;
- in Hebrew - strudel;
- in Chinese - a mouse;
- in Turkish - rose;
- in Hungarian - a worm or a tick.
