Media: BBC: The @ sign
| Submitter: |
Karen S. Chung
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| Submitter Email: | karchung@ntu.edu.tw |
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Some of you may remember the survey on names for the @ sign in different languages (see: http://linguistlist.org/issues/7/7-968.html #1, http://linguistlist.org/issues/7/7-1177.html #1 and http://linguistlist.org/issues/11/11-1970.html #1). The BBC has picked up on the story, and broadcast a feature on the @ sign in the March 12, 2003 European edition of the _The World Today_. An audio file of the broadcast is available at this URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/ram/europe.ram The audio link can also be accessed from this text page: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/worldtoday_news_europe.shtml It's an hour-long program, and the feature doesn't start till about the 53 minute point. You can push the cursor to almost the end of the slidebar to get to the feature more quickly. For those interested, a number of links to other media reports in various languages on the @ sign are collected here: http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/linguistics%20links.htm#karchung The BBC feature concludes with a call for listeners to contribute further names for the @ sign in their own languages. So if a name used for the @ sign in a language you know is not included in the above sums, please do write and let me know - and/or e-mail the BBC a world.today@bbc.co.uk - and I may be able to summarize yet again! Another round of thanks to all the people who helped with the original @ survey! Karen Steffen Chung National Taiwan University karchung@ntu.edu.tw http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/ http://www.topica.com/lists/phonetics/ </body> |
| Issue Number: | 14.713 |
| Date Posted: | March 12, 2003 |
