Dude on the phone wanted me to send him a document, so he dictates his email address to me:

xyz "at the rate of" hotmail dot com

@ = at the rate of

3/12/2012 9:17:55 AM

What type of document was it?

3/12/2012 9:31:41 AM

heh

3/12/2012 9:33:47 AM

please revert

3/12/2012 9:48:10 AM

Which phone was it?

3/12/2012 9:49:07 AM

course syllabus

@jtw208 at the rate of jtw208: haha yeah, he is paki.

^ i have a nokia... don't know what phone he has.

3/12/2012 10:02:21 AM

The Delorean needs to be moving @ 88 mph to time travel

3/12/2012 10:03:47 AM

hotmail?

is it 1998?

3/12/2012 10:03:50 AM

Quote :

"DO THE NEEDFUL"

3/12/2012 10:04:50 AM

Word document?

Would you be able to post a plain text version of the syllabus here?

3/12/2012 10:07:45 AM

Quote :

"EnglishThe @ symbol is known by various names in English, including "at sign", "at the rate", "at symbol", "at mark", "commercial at", and "ampersat". It is not to be confused with the ampersand. In keeping with its obvious etymology, it is usually pronounced at. "

/wiki

3/12/2012 10:38:16 AM

^ he did the needful... except, he is wrong.

yes, @ can mean "at the rate of", as in: travel for 6 hours @ 45 mph.

it does not mean "at the rate of" in email addresses. DUH.

^^ why?

3/12/2012 3:32:38 PM

Ampersat? I have most certainly never heard that one.

3/12/2012 10:39:23 PM

just curious

3/12/2012 10:42:55 PM

^^^ oh. So now you're the email nazi.

[Edited on March 12, 2012 at 11:45 PM. Reason : .]

3/12/2012 11:44:52 PM

mailto:xyz@therateofhotmail.com

3/13/2012 12:00:43 AM

Dude even has a Master's in Statistics

I have heard one other person say it like that in the past, some years ago, and he was South Asian too.

But since I haven't needed many South Asians' email addresses over the phone, I believe it is one of those Indian English things, and that many people in India/Paki say it like that.

3/13/2012 5:46:33 AM

another paki dude said "at the rate of" when telling me his email address over the phone. works as a business development manager for an international airline.

5/25/2013 5:45:44 AM

I HAVE A DOUBT

5/25/2013 9:23:17 AM

WILL YOU BE NEEDING ME?

5/25/2013 1:17:21 PM

So, are you going to post that syllabus, or....?

5/25/2013 1:20:25 PM

DO THE NEEDFUL!

5/25/2013 1:24:39 PM

Dude, this might be the most interesting shit I've read all day!

What time of day was it when he dictated that shit?

Which course was the syllabus for?

Do you still find guys underwear to sniff on your free time?

5/25/2013 1:49:03 PM

Have you sniffed his worn boxers yet?

5/25/2013 8:11:57 PM

I can understand the term "ampersat": Remember that "ampersand" is short for "and per se and" (which came about when & was considered the 27th letter of the English alphabet).

5/26/2013 10:23:18 AM