Prevođenje - umjetnost & poslovanje » Pronunciation »
German pronunciation of "@" in email address
Thread poster: Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL  Identity Verified
Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Local time: 22:14
Member (2006)
English to Polish
+ ...
SITE LOCALIZER
Feb 2, 2010

Hi,

I appologize for writing in English.

I cannot find information how is pronounced in German @ sign in email address.

I will be very grateful for information

Best Regards
Stanislaw
 
Jeff Whittaker
Jeff Whittaker  Identity Verified
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 17:14
Spanish to English
+ ...
References Feb 2, 2010

"In German, it sometimes used to be referred to as Klammeraffe (meaning "spider monkey"). Klammeraffe refers to the similarity of @ to the tail of a monkey grabbing a branch. Lately, it is mostly call... See more
"In German, it sometimes used to be referred to as Klammeraffe (meaning "spider monkey"). Klammeraffe refers to the similarity of @ to the tail of a monkey grabbing a branch. Lately, it is mostly called at just like in English"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=15588

http://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061030094231AA5cmg0

http://woerter.germanblogs.de/archive/2007/06/20/----klammeraffe--affenschaukel-oder-arroba.htm



[Edited at 2010-02-02 22:58 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-02-02 23:00 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-02-02 23:02 GMT]

[Edited at 2010-02-02 23:08 GMT] ▲ Collapse
 
Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL
Stanislaw Czech, MCIL CL  Identity Verified
Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Local time: 22:14
Member (2006)
English to Polish
+ ...
TOPIC STARTER
SITE LOCALIZER
Thank you very much Jeff for your answer Feb 2, 2010

I am sorry for posting this post on the wrong forum - I was under impression that "Pronunciation" forum is used for English pronunciation only, hence my choice of German forum.

BR
S
 
Nicole Schnell
Nicole Schnell  Identity Verified
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 14:14
English to German
+ ...
Sjećanje na
@ is "at", even in German :-) Feb 3, 2010

You will never hear "Klammeraffe" or silly expressions like that in any business environment or in the media. That's like calling it "thingy", "thingamajig", or "whatchacallit".

You asked for the pronunciation, not cutesy colloquial synonyms, I assume? The pronunciation is the same as in English.
 
Kaiya J. Diannen
Kaiya J. Diannen  Identity Verified
Australija
German to English
Or... Feb 3, 2010

Nicole Schnell wrote:
The pronunciation is the same as in English.


Except with a heavy German accent, it's more likely to sound like "et" (as in "wet")



[Edited at 2010-02-03 06:43 GMT]
 
Monika Elisabeth Sieger
Monika Elisabeth Sieger  Identity Verified
Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Local time: 22:14
Member (2009)
English to German
+ ...
Some call it Strudel! Feb 3, 2010

Some of my colleagues call it Strudel as it looks like the famous Austrian pastry!
 
Nicole Schnell
Nicole Schnell  Identity Verified
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 14:14
English to German
+ ...
Sjećanje na
Schnulle Feb 3, 2010

That's how we called it in the early nineties. Back then when this symbol couldn't be found on German Macintosh keyboards and still had to be copied from the special characters table.
 
Brian Young
Brian Young  Identity Verified
Sjedinjene Američke Države
Local time: 14:14
Danish to English
elephant trunk Feb 10, 2010

In Danish they say "snabel a", pronounced something like "snayble a", a as in hat. Snabel is an elephants trunk. I have not lived in Denmark since 1982, so when I heard this the first time I could hardly believe it. That might have changed since. Danes are very prone to use English words, so they might use another term now. Any current Danes out there with a siggestion?
 


To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator:

Moderator(s) of this forum
Nawal Kramer[Call to this topic]

You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request »

German pronunciation of "@" in email address






CafeTran Espresso
You've never met a CAT tool this clever!

Translate faster & easier, using a sophisticated CAT tool built by a translator / developer. Accept jobs from clients who use Trados, MemoQ, Wordfast & major CAT tools. Download and start using CafeTran Espresso -- for free

Buy now! »
Trados Business Manager Lite
Create customer quotes and invoices from within Trados Studio

Trados Business Manager Lite helps to simplify and speed up some of the daily tasks, such as invoicing and reporting, associated with running your freelance translation business.

More info »