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.
"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.