The Swedish Cinnamon Bun

Its a symbol that we see being used in shorthand, and in recent years on business cards and all over our email boxes - the "@" sign. Some other names it has, apart from "Cinnamon Bun" in Sweden, include "a-hose", "elephant's ear" etc.

In France it is called "arobas" (meaning unknown) or "a roulé", in Holland "apestaart" (monkey tail), in Italy "chiocciola" (snail) and in Israel "shtrudel".

Have you ever wondered where and how this little symbol came to be such a historic trademark in the history of the Internet? Find out here.