TIL the earliest recorded use of the @ symbol was from a religious text from 1345
TIL the earliest recorded use of the @ symbol was from a religious text from 1345
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At sign - Wikipedia
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A truly interesting TIL. Thanks for posting!
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From just reading the title I expected this to be a joke. But, TIL!
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@Iehova: Yer a jerk!
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I see you also were recommended this YouTube video on the history of the @ symbol.
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Sounds fake, who would they even @ back in 1345?
It had a bit if a different meaning back then. In that text it was used as a stylist a for the word Amen
It wasn't untill 1572 that Saint Emailius of Corsican invented Email in order to share cat videos in his monetary that it became what it is today
Immediately enshittified, it was always going to be this way
Oh, when I draw cool stuff around my writing I get yelled at, but when those guys do it it's fine? What the fuck Mrs. Smith?
“Oh also @Brother Ignatius, when you read this — how about you scribe deez nuts??”
Who do you think the G in Gmail stood for?