Re: Off-topic: @

On Oct 07 2005, Frank Ellermann wrote:
> 
> Paul Hoffman wrote:
>  
> > <http://herodios.com/atsign.html>
> 
> Nice.  I'm not sure about the explanation for the German word
> "Klammeraffe" (hanging monkey), so far I thought that it's a
> pun:  "@" looks a bit like a narrow "(a)", and that would be
> "Klammer-a(ffe)" or parenthesised a(pe)

Could it have something to do with "Papierklammer" (ie paperclip)?
The metal ones look like an elongated @ sign.

-- 
Laird Breyer.