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The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign

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The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign

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The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign

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The 3,000-year-old story hidden in the @ sign

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  • The thing with ⟨arroba⟩ among Portuguese speakers became a bit weird, I feel like nowadays people associate it mostly with the symbol, instead of what it represents (14.7kg, typically rounded up to 15kg). Except cattle herders, apparently they still use the weight measure.