Question for Twitterers

[misstracy]

I've seen a few third-party references about Twitter mention the @ sign in some fashion that then proceed to call it the "ampersand".

Which...it's not.

Is this mistake being made by random people who happen to label the @ wrong, or does some sort of odd Twitter canon actually demand that we now label @ instead of & "ampersand"?

Comments

[ignescent]

I'm guessing it's the 'random idiots' thing, personally. I usually hear/see @ referred to as 'at' since, in fact, that's what it's used for (directing a tweet @ someone specifically.)