Loiseau Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 The Academie Francaise have let me down on this one; I can find no reference to it on their website.The written word in French for the @ sign is "arobase", or "arrobase" ?I have asked a French friend who is a teacher, and even she feels it could be either. But I feel sure somebody here will know...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 According to this, one:http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-symbols.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 One "r"; it is can arabic word still used widely in rural Spain as a measure for grain, wine and oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 But just look at the line below that, Coops. There it puts it as "arobas" without a final E !!I have consulted this interesting website, www.paris.blog.lemonde.fr which agrees with you about the single R, and points to the Bulletin Officiel of 8 Dec 2002, which is of the same opinion. I had been feeling quite confident about the single R, but then I saw it written up somewhere last week in France with two! And then my teacher friend said *she* always wrote it with two Rs, since it is from a Spanish word "arrobe".AngelaEDIT Crossed with yours, PPP. I don't speak Spanish, but the chap on the above-mentioned LeMonde blog gives the Spanish word with two Rs. As does this site: http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishvocabulary/qt/at_symbol.htm (Sorry, can't do simple weblinks with this browser.) :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Did you see this one Angela. It looks as if you can use both.http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrobase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 since it is from a Spanish word "arrobe"The word is actually arroba, a quarter of a quintal .For me the word arobase comes from arrobas plural of arroba and has one "r". In spanish the double "rr" has a particular sound and arobase is pronounced with one "r".I remember the same question on a Uruguayan forum and the discussion got quite heated, needless to say the arroba is used widely in South America.[:)]Note this is an english speaking forum and in english @ is an arobase isn't it!The fact that Spanish uses arroba for @ and french uses arrobe is of no consequence and should be definitely discouraged by the moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 ?????I'm only asking what the correct FRENCH word is for it, PPP, in the French Language section of this forum.Why should the moderators disallow the discussion?Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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