See soorce fer At sign

{{Punctuation marks|@}}
The '''at-sign''', ''@'', normally read alood as "at", an aa commonly cried the '''at seembol''' or '''commercial at''', an less commonly a wide range o ither terms (sic as the strudel<ref name=FOLDOC-strudel>{{cite web |publisher= FOLDOC |url= http://foldoc.org/strudel |title=strudel |accessdate= 2014-11-21 }}</ref>), is oreeginally an [[accoontin]] an commercial [[invyce]] abbreviation meanin "at a rate o" (e.g. 7 [[Widget (economics)|widgets]] @ [[Poond sign|£]]2 = £14). 
It wis nae includit on the keybuird o the earliest commercially successfu typewriters, but wis on at least ane 1889 model<ref name=shady>[http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/08/the-symbol-part-2-of-2/ "The @-symbol, part 2 of 2"], ''[http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/ Shady Characters &#x2302; The secret life of punctuation]''</ref> an the very successfu [[Underwood Typewriter Company|Underwood]] models frae the "Underwood No. 5" in 1900 onward. It is nou universally includit on [[computer keybuird]]s. The merk is encodit at {{unichar|0040|Commercial AT|nlink=At sign|html=}}.

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