But how did India end up calling it “at the rate”? Turns out, there's a whole lot of history hiding in that little squiggle.
Why do Indians call @ "at the rate"?
Your email address has an unlikely ancestor: a 16th-century wine merchant. The @ symbol went from tracking commercial transactions to becoming indispensable to the digital world. But how did India end up calling it “at the rate”? Turns out, there's a whole lot of history hiding in that little squiggle.
