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@ is the Unicode and ASCII character 0x0040 (64 in decimal). Its common spoken name is strudel or at.
It may refer to:
The @ character is also used for typing in some Romance languages as a polite substitute for so-called sexist language. For example, the Spanish words "amigo" and "amiga" would be replaced with "amig@". The character is intended to resemble a mix of the letters "o" and "a".
However, this "mix" is not needed, because, in Spanish, the masculine grammatical gender is inclusive (it can refer to both males and females), but the feminine gender is exclusive (only for females). There is no English-like neutral gender in Spanish.
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