Why is it called an LP@?

[vHoff]

I mean... @? Really?

The first time I saw this, I thought someone had accidentally held down shift from writing the capital 'LP' and had meant to write LP2.


Apparently, I am mistaken. So, TT, enlighten me please?

[luftskytter]

Luftpistol

both in German and Norwegian ;-)

Luftskytter......

[RandomShotz]

I think vHoff was questioning the use of the "@" character - although the LP is somewhat cryptic for a monoglot English speaker.

It is something I was wondering, too. I thought it odd that someone in Anschtz's marketing department decided to incorporate a symbol in an international product where the pronunciation would vary widely across languages.

The meaning of the name varies widely too, including "ear", "snail", "rollmops" (apparently a Czech pickled herring) and "little monkey's testicle" (Dutch: "apeklootje", and no, I'm not making this up). That would be a marketers nightmare - "Say, have you been shooting with the new Anschutz LP Monkey's Testicle?"

Roger

[Albert T]

A small correction.
In Dutch the @ symbol is called "apestaartje" , meaning "monkey's tail" in english. A combination of the letter "a" with a monky's tail attached to it.

Albert B (The Netherlands)

[RandomShotz]

I don't speak Dutch, but hey, I read it on the web so you know it's true:

http://www.herodios.com/atsign.htm

The reference to the tail may be less picturesque, but the marketer's dilemma remains: it is still a reference to a bit of primate anatomy that one would not normally associate with precision shooting. "There's a new shooter at the club with a monkey's tail" still doesn't sound right.

Roger

[Rover]

You just haven't seen some of the "Monkey's Testicles" we have hanging around our range.

[philip_T]

Old school here. The @ sign as I was taught is for a quantity
price. 6 apples @ $.50 each.
After a search it means "at the rate of".
Misused many places. Hijacked to mean other things.

[chuckjordan]

because it's an @nschütz!

That's where it's @