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to: LAURIE CAMPBELL
from: MIKE FITZGERALD
date: 1997-02-04 08:26:00
subject: @ sign

* In a message dated 01-30-97, LAURIE CAMPBELL said the following:
 BFH> I heard one guy refer to @ sign as "in care of", that must be wrong.
LC> You're right, he's wrong.  It means "at"
       Also "per," as in "$2.50 @ bushel."
       Also "each," as in 35  @."
       Seems to me "in care of" may also be a commom use for @.  Not sure,
       but I think I've seen it a few times.  This use is not in
       Merriam Webster.
       Regards,
       Fitz
       fitz@comports.com              Recovery is the best revenge.
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