I really, really love this story too. The @ symbol is a great example of how design and symbolism can evolve and change and still be relevant to whatever time period it's being used in.
Pt1 Where I live the Aboriginal people who have owned the land for 60.000 years painted the @ symbol as their representation of a Billabong ( a section of river which has been cut from the main stream). Some may know this as a oxbow lake. It is represented in various forms all through ancient history once you start digging around.
Wow, 104 comments already? Congratulations Mickeleh, you are becoming famous! Great video --not only the subject, but all the special effects. In French, we call @: arrobe (or arrobas or arrobase) and the name supposedly comes from the Arabic, via Spanish and/or Portuguese. It was a unit of weight or volume (and the @ was used).
My favourite exhibits in my local modern art museum are always the ones where the artists play with textures. The big white fluffy room and the rainbow with mist spraying are two noteworthy ones. My ideal museum would have a lot of private cinemas and a very big library.
In the greatest respect then, the @ symbol is a lot like you. An older gentlemen or invention of your parents if you will, finding a new way, an expression, to reach to a mass of people (youtube). And thus good sir, I am fortunate enough to have acquire you via subscription and I couldn't be happier with the acquisition. Thank you.
I posted this video to a friend's Facebook page. He's an art enthusisast, and I thought he might get a kick out of the subject matter and you, mickeleh. I didn't know exactly how he'd react because he can be a bit prickly at times. (He loathes so-called installations and performance art.) But he loved your video. I was very pleased.
I would put Time in my museum. That would be a fun one because that doesn't necessarily mean putting in a clock...because that's just a system of time. Oh, Mickeleh, you are so fun to listen to.
Memories they can't be boughten, They can't be won at carnivals for free. Well it took me years to get those souvenirs And i don't know how they slipped away from me.
After that, I'd collect Shackleton's courage and his sunken ship Endurance, Churchill's determination and his microphone, TE Lawrence's sense of adventure and his detonator, and Wally Wallington's ingenuity and his entire back yard.
Cool Video! Thanks! You know I work at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, we have an exhibit that includes a late 1980s MTV, a Guitar hero playable game, and all kinds of stuff I remember from childhood, like that first gameboy, and Atari... That's my kind of museum...
Just the other day I was thinking you look a bit like Pablo Picasso... I loved the MoMA when I visited last month and I've always thought the @ symbol to be quite nifty. I think it fits perfectly into "design", even if it's only its new uses that are the modern part.
I love the idea of removing the walls of a museum. I also never thought of @ as a sleeping cat, but I totally see it! My twitter and gmail are going to be so much cuter from here on out.
I do actually use it in the sence of "I'm @ the park," when im texting and if im drunken texting on occasion i have used it instead of 'and' if i cant find the ampersand. It's very confusion for anyone reading my text.
@mickeleh Very possible that they confused that, here in Austria we call it Klammeraffe, but that would translate to something like clipmonkey (Klammer = clip, fastener, clamp).
Just some nitpicking on @ in Germany: Nowadays everyone calls it "at"-sign, but when the internet first became popular, like 15 years ago, that was a little different. While some people always called it "at" others used the term "Klammeraffe", which means spider monkey (or "Klammeräffchen", which basically means "little spider monkey" but that's pretty redundant - I mean, look at those suckers, they're all small...). Eventually the spider monkey didn't stick and it became just the at-sign.
This just in! I'm acquiring this cup of coffee for the museum of my mouth! I'm also acquiring a rare, one-of-a-kind wall collage of photos made personally for me by myself! Think I should charge admission?
@totalNaervich It used to be called "Klammeraffe" for some weird reason that I don't know. But you are right. Haven't heard that in years and everyone knows what I am talking about when I say "at".
There are some crazy chracters in Japanese that would be cool to acquire, like that upside-down "A" that is present in a lot of ASCII art from Japan: ∀ ~ Jethro.
@UTubeTulip The Ampersand is not this: @ The Ampersand is this: & And Spanish call it Arroba, with double r, but i guess u'r right on that one if we ignore the spelling.
I love how e-mail changed what the @ symbol meant, and now Twitter has changed it once again. And my museum would consist of lots and lots of awesome RUclipsrs. I would probably just let them stand there in statue poses for a while. I'll decide later whether or not I'll feed them or set them free. xD
Pt2 Tricky part is the intranets are not too good at finding info pre 1990. A bit like the lock out many data bases have with dates prior to 1900. The old cave man just has no place in todays tech savvy. #1070 changed date validation so dates before 1900 raise an error
Wait, sorry, I had that wrong... the "&" is called ampersand... jeez I've had that wrong for a long time... But I was close, it's got an english name of asperand
*puts on cape* I would acquire all of DC's Superheros. The recipe for my college mess's vegetarian chili. The recipes for ALL deserts. The tides (oceanic). And train tracks. That way I would travel comfortably for the rest of my life! =] I'd be pretty entertained too!
The thing that bugs me is the use of the word "Acquire", mostly because it sounds like they're transferring ownership to them. This makes me wonder if they are considering copyright issues with the "@". Why else would somebody "acquire" a symbol like that?
I am going to get in so much trouble if you misinterpret this, but I would put you in a museum. I am not trying to make a 'joke' about your age, but its because I think you the best person on youtube for making intelligent and descriptive video's on many different subjects and I think it would be great if you were on video in a museum explaining the exhibits. I hope I explained my reason well enough and I am not in the dog house.
@MZB1993 It's not weird! But okay, I always say 'at' instead of 'apenstaartje' (monkeystail in Dutch). I didn't know you were subscribed to Mickeleh! Hahaha! But okay, I have lots of homework, so I'm off :C ♥
I'd acquire some original Shakespeare; ancient Greek bible scrolls; letters written by people such as Jane Austin, C.S. Lewis, etc. I must admit I'd also acquire some money.
there's actually a running joke in a comic strip at Rooster Teeth . com about all mac users going to hell...maybe they shouldn't have taken a bite out of that Apple
I would actually acquire the Jupiter symphony, not just the second movement though. I would also like to acquire the original Game Boy :) Old Schoool!!
@9l8i7n6k Chinese language does not have an alphabet, each word is a symbol of its own or a combination of symbols. That's what it makes it really hard to learn ! :)
It's okay to be redundant. There is nothing wrong with being repetitive. I repeat, it's alright to repetively explain how redundancy is normal. Hey ma, look @ my new glasses @.@ =)
Really? Haven't come across that yet. But yeah; these days people only pronounce the double-U's in advertisements - and German pronunciation (not spelling, sorry) is used even there in Slovenia. P.S.: since you're presumably in (and from) the States: happy thanksgiving! And I know it's a bit random for me to comment on a video that hasn't had comments in two years, but I must confess that I got here via a long journey from Charlie McDonnell's channel...
I'd put a small mountain of chocolate in my museum. Why? 1.) Because I could, and 2.) Just to fuck with the patrons that came in. A small mountain of yummy chocolate that they can't touch. How cruel is that?
I really, really love this story too. The @ symbol is a great example of how design and symbolism can evolve and change and still be relevant to whatever time period it's being used in.
Pt1
Where I live the Aboriginal people who have owned the land for 60.000 years painted the @ symbol as their representation of a Billabong ( a section of river which has been cut from the main stream). Some may know this as a oxbow lake.
It is represented in various forms all through ancient history once you start digging around.
Wow, 104 comments already? Congratulations Mickeleh, you are becoming famous! Great video --not only the subject, but all the special effects. In French, we call @: arrobe (or arrobas or arrobase) and the name supposedly comes from the Arabic, via Spanish and/or Portuguese. It was a unit of weight or volume (and the @ was used).
awesome
My favourite exhibits in my local modern art museum are always the ones where the artists play with textures. The big white fluffy room and the rainbow with mist spraying are two noteworthy ones. My ideal museum would have a lot of private cinemas and a very big library.
In the greatest respect then, the @ symbol is a lot like you. An older gentlemen or invention of your parents if you will, finding a new way, an expression, to reach to a mass of people (youtube). And thus good sir, I am fortunate enough to have acquire you via subscription and I couldn't be happier with the acquisition.
Thank you.
i would probably put into my museum entire world. in my opinion everything deserves to be remembered.
I posted this video to a friend's Facebook page. He's an art enthusisast, and I thought he might get a kick out of the subject matter and you, mickeleh. I didn't know exactly how he'd react because he can be a bit prickly at times. (He loathes so-called installations and performance art.) But he loved your video. I was very pleased.
I would put Time in my museum. That would be a fun one because that doesn't necessarily mean putting in a clock...because that's just a system of time.
Oh, Mickeleh, you are so fun to listen to.
Memories they can't be boughten,
They can't be won at carnivals for free.
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs
And i don't know how they slipped away from me.
the phrase "that's what she said" work of art right there.
After that, I'd collect Shackleton's courage and his sunken ship Endurance, Churchill's determination and his microphone, TE Lawrence's sense of adventure and his detonator, and Wally Wallington's ingenuity and his entire back yard.
This reminded me of the French novel 'Le Petit Prince' with the businessman who said that he 'owned the stars'.
Cool Video! Thanks!
You know I work at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, we have an exhibit that includes a late 1980s MTV, a Guitar hero playable game, and all kinds of stuff I remember from childhood, like that first gameboy, and Atari... That's my kind of museum...
Just the other day I was thinking you look a bit like Pablo Picasso... I loved the MoMA when I visited last month and I've always thought the @ symbol to be quite nifty. I think it fits perfectly into "design", even if it's only its new uses that are the modern part.
The @ is one of my favourite symbols along with the & and the ;
I love the idea of removing the walls of a museum. I also never thought of @ as a sleeping cat, but I totally see it! My twitter and gmail are going to be so much cuter from here on out.
I do actually use it in the sence of "I'm @ the park," when im texting and if im drunken texting on occasion i have used it instead of 'and' if i cant find the ampersand. It's very confusion for anyone reading my text.
Holy cow. A Rules of Acquisition reference when I least expected it.
@mickeleh Very possible that they confused that, here in Austria we call it Klammeraffe, but that would translate to something like clipmonkey (Klammer = clip, fastener, clamp).
Just some nitpicking on @ in Germany:
Nowadays everyone calls it "at"-sign, but when the internet first became popular, like 15 years ago, that was a little different. While some people always called it "at" others used the term "Klammeraffe", which means spider monkey (or "Klammeräffchen", which basically means "little spider monkey" but that's pretty redundant - I mean, look at those suckers, they're all small...). Eventually the spider monkey didn't stick and it became just the at-sign.
It used to be an accounting symbol, a shortening of the phrase "at the rate of", for example: 12 apples @ 50p = £6
the miracle of wikipedia.
this is epic news, must check it out sometime hopefully it will come to the uk museums soon.
The first 25 seconds of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" go in my museum. At full volume. Make that at "11".
very informative. thanks for another great vid.
This just in!
I'm acquiring this cup of coffee for the museum of my mouth!
I'm also acquiring a rare, one-of-a-kind wall collage of photos made personally for me by myself!
Think I should charge admission?
So cool! I read the article, and it has quite an interesting explanation.
I would like to acquire a unicorn for my museum.
This is brilliant. Also, I would like to announce my acquisition of rainbows.
@totalNaervich It used to be called "Klammeraffe" for some weird reason that I don't know. But you are right. Haven't heard that in years and everyone knows what I am talking about when I say "at".
my museum would have sculptures of ness, paula, jeff, and poo. the caption would say "earthbound: the worlds best and most unknown game."
There are some crazy chracters in Japanese that would be cool to acquire, like that upside-down "A" that is present in a lot of ASCII art from Japan:
∀
~ Jethro.
In sweden we call it the "TrunkA". Lol.
I would put in youtube. It is truly amazing.
What makes life worth living? Other people's suffering, online porn, Teabagger anger, plotting vengeance, sniffing gasoline fumes when refueling.
i am acquiring the museum of modern art. also, i am acquiring a twix bar.
It's good to see you talking about something other than Dan Brown again. Can I put you in my museum?
You left out Canada. It's that at symbol here too
Its called the Ampersand symbol, and I believe the Spanish call it Aroba!
@UTubeTulip
The Ampersand is not this: @
The Ampersand is this: &
And Spanish call it Arroba, with double r, but i guess u'r right on that one if we ignore the spelling.
I would like to acquire a 42" sony bravia for my museum of entertainment. lol
Wait, sorry, I had that wrong... the "&" is called ampersand... jeez I've had that wrong for a long time...
Interesting video, thanks mickeleh.
I love how e-mail changed what the @ symbol meant, and now Twitter has changed it once again.
And my museum would consist of lots and lots of awesome RUclipsrs. I would probably just let them stand there in statue poses for a while. I'll decide later whether or not I'll feed them or set them free. xD
Pt2
Tricky part is the intranets are not too good at finding info pre 1990. A bit like the lock out many data bases have with dates prior to 1900. The old cave man just has no place in todays tech savvy.
#1070 changed date validation so dates before 1900 raise an error
Wait, sorry, I had that wrong... the "&" is called ampersand... jeez I've had that wrong for a long time... But I was close, it's got an english name of asperand
That was an amazing video.
*puts on cape*
I would acquire all of DC's Superheros.
The recipe for my college mess's vegetarian chili.
The recipes for ALL deserts.
The tides (oceanic).
And train tracks.
That way I would travel comfortably for the rest of my life! =] I'd be pretty entertained too!
The thing that bugs me is the use of the word "Acquire", mostly because it sounds like they're transferring ownership to them. This makes me wonder if they are considering copyright issues with the "@".
Why else would somebody "acquire" a symbol like that?
@irrevocablybemused
I think the @ was for deleting the line you´re typing in...
Louis Armstrong's SOLO on Potato Head Blues. The rest of it makes Woody miserable.
i had fun reading about naming of the @ in other cultures, oh other cultures, will you ever cease to amaze me?
@noxid334 oops my bad. not used to this responding stuff.
well, why don't we consider our world to be a museum.
I am going to get in so much trouble if you misinterpret this, but I would put you in a museum. I am not trying to make a 'joke' about your age, but its because I think you the best person on youtube for making intelligent and descriptive video's on many different subjects and I think it would be great if you were on video in a museum explaining the exhibits.
I hope I explained my reason well enough and I am not in the dog house.
I like you ^^ .. Not that it matters, but it's always nice to hear...
I'm going to acquire the entire comment section.
i've acquired the comments
@MZB1993 It's not weird! But okay, I always say 'at' instead of 'apenstaartje' (monkeystail in Dutch).
I didn't know you were subscribed to Mickeleh! Hahaha! But okay, I have lots of homework, so I'm off :C
♥
I'd acquire some original Shakespeare; ancient Greek bible scrolls; letters written by people such as Jane Austin, C.S. Lewis, etc. I must admit I'd also acquire some money.
I'd love to own the ampersand.
In Holland we call it a monkeystail as well. :D
we call it "arobase" in France.
Does anyone know the use of @ on keyboards before e-mails ?
there's actually a running joke in a comic strip at Rooster Teeth . com about all mac users going to hell...maybe they shouldn't have taken a bite out of that Apple
@
that was fun.
Does that mean on old typewriters the @ symbol could be used the same way the & symbol was used only to mean at instead of and
Uhh... No one calls it the ambersand anymore?
I would actually acquire the Jupiter symphony, not just the second movement though.
I would also like to acquire the original Game Boy :) Old Schoool!!
I like finding out about information that other people wouldn't care about, but I do lol
@ is my second favorite symbol :D ~ is my favorite
What was the end to this video. It seems to just cut off towards the end.
What's next for MoMA, the ampersand? "&"
lol
I think I will acquire the moon for my museum xD
I'd like to acquire knowledge. Lots and lots of it. But I believe that's called a library... XD
"I'll give you a clue, it's transgender-"
**Clicks immediately**
@9l8i7n6k
Chinese language does not have an alphabet, each word is a symbol of its own or a combination of symbols. That's what it makes it really hard to learn ! :)
@AliceHeartt Thats just weird :P
Fancy seeing you here ;)
@ ... I'm an artist?
So do I need to pay royalties for using @?
hey mickeleh! what is your take on the new youtube?
It's okay to be redundant.
There is nothing wrong with being repetitive.
I repeat, it's alright to repetively explain how redundancy is normal.
Hey ma, look @ my new glasses @.@
=)
Swede's call it "Snabel- A"
Snabel = the trunk of an elephant.
in korea its "go bang yi" or "snail"
ur the best mickeleh
I acquire you!!
I'm from finland
Really? Haven't come across that yet. But yeah; these days people only pronounce the double-U's in advertisements - and German pronunciation (not spelling, sorry) is used even there in Slovenia.
P.S.: since you're presumably in (and from) the States: happy thanksgiving! And I know it's a bit random for me to comment on a video that hasn't had comments in two years, but I must confess that I got here via a long journey from Charlie McDonnell's channel...
i acquire the letter O
cool:]
i was expecting the spannish meaning to be more interesting lol
I would claim "thats what she said"!!!
Tacos. The circle "O", This thing that looks like a airplane ✈....
I'm Polish and I call that the at-symbol lol XD I'll ask my parents they were born in Poland.
:D well i live in germany and we call it @ symbol too
If I had a museum, I'd put the APPLE logo...because there's a subliminal message about Adam and Eve in there somewhere.
@mickeleh i like it. let's do it,
I'd put a small mountain of chocolate in my museum. Why? 1.) Because I could, and 2.) Just to fuck with the patrons that came in. A small mountain of yummy chocolate that they can't touch. How cruel is that?
It IS actually really used as transgender, wel, I'm sure you've read the article! I'll go read it now. Fascinating facts!
π
and more Mickeleh video's
and a toilet... oh wait its in there
In germany it's called "at", too. just saying :P
My museum:
The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time
Oscar the Grouch
Baked Beans
lol, breaking news :D
we say 'apenstaart' in Belgium
(so yeah, monkeytail)