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@ in Finnish
According to a BBC trivia programme last night: @ in Finnish is
called "the meow sign" because it looks like a cat with its tail curled round it. Comments from the Finnish contingent here? ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts ****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ****** |
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@ in Finnish
Jack Campin - bogus address kirjoitti:
According to a BBC trivia programme last night: @ in Finnish is called "the meow sign" because it looks like a cat with its tail curled round it. Comments from the Finnish contingent here? It's not the official name of the sign, but yes, it's called "the meow sign" - "miukumerkki", "miukumauku" or just "miuku". In Swedish it's called "trunk a" (snabel a), as in an elephant's trunk... -- Christine in Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com |
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Christine BA wrote:
Jack Campin - bogus address kirjoitti: According to a BBC trivia programme last night: @ in Finnish is called "the meow sign" because it looks like a cat with its tail curled round it. Comments from the Finnish contingent here? It's not the official name of the sign, but yes, it's called "the meow sign" - "miukumerkki", "miukumauku" or just "miuku". I love how words for "cat" in many different and unrelated languages all over the world have some kind of "mew" (miu) sound in them. It's not at all surprising, I just like it. Although I do wonder where cat/ chat/gato/gatto and other related words came from! In Swedish it's called "trunk a" (snabel a), as in an elephant's trunk... Oh, I can see that, too. Maybe spraying itself with some water. -- Joyce ^..^ To email me, remove the XXX from my user name. |
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I do wonder where cat/chat/gato/gatto and other related words
came from! Arabic, or some proto-Semitic language closely related to it. ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts ****** I killfile Google posts - email me if you want to be whitelisted ****** |
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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
I do wonder where cat/chat/gato/gatto and other related words came from! Arabic, or some proto-Semitic language closely related to it. Hmm. Here's what dictionary.com says: bef. 900; ME cat, catte, OE catt (masc.), catte (fem.); c. OFris, MD katte, OHG kazza, ON ko;ttr, Ir cat, Welsh cath (Slavic *kotu, Lith kate~, perh. Gmc), LL cattus, catta (first attested in the 4th century, presumably with the introduction of domestic cats); ult. orig. obscure FWIW. It's probably not universally agreed-upon. I'd welcome other etymologies that anyone else knows about. Considering that domestic cats were introduced far before the 4th century, I'd expect the history of the word to go back a lot further, too. (That would point to your origin, since they were first domesticated in the Middle East.) -- Joyce ^..^ To email me, remove the XXX from my user name. |
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On Jun 10, 6:23*pm, wrote:
I love how words for "cat" in many different and unrelated languages all over the world have some kind of "mew" (miu) sound in them. It's not at all surprising, I just like it. Although I do wonder where cat/ chat/gato/gatto and other related words came from! The Chinese pronounciation for the word cat is "mao" Winnie |
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