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BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese couple tried to name their baby "@", claiming the character used in e-mail addresses echoed their love for the child, an official trying to whip the national language into line said on Thursday.

Chinese couple tries to name kid @



"at" is pronounced Ai Ta in Mandarin, so why not just call this kid Ai Ta? At is dumb.You can't have an @@address e-mail, but you can certainly have aita@address.