> The symbol later took on a historic role in commerce. Merchants have long used it to signify “at the rate of”—as in “12 widgets @ $1.”
Many of my Indian coworkers will also say "at the rate", whereas I (a native speaker of American English) would just say "at".
For example, in the context of a Java annotation like `@Singleton`, I would say "at singleton", and my Indian coworkers would say "at the rate singleton".
It was a fun bit of cultural exchange when I first heard this said out-loud.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 14.7 ms ] threadMany of my Indian coworkers will also say "at the rate", whereas I (a native speaker of American English) would just say "at".
For example, in the context of a Java annotation like `@Singleton`, I would say "at singleton", and my Indian coworkers would say "at the rate singleton".
It was a fun bit of cultural exchange when I first heard this said out-loud.