It was actually co-opted from a planet's accounting systems prior to digitization; originally it meant "at a rate of," before being shortened to just "at" and used in message protocols. Once the character became standardized on keyboards and then spread through interplanetary travel and communication, other uses also became established.
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december; during nocwich.
@Hilda, are you going to be in Nocwich in the next few days? I have something for you for you.
[ The "something" in question is actually two, small, almost perfect wild pearls. ]
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𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦? 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘺𝘦𝘴.
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦. @?
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@ is a shorthand character for the word "at." It's used commonly to denote a specific user or user group in large message networks.
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𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵?
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It was actually co-opted from a planet's accounting systems prior to digitization; originally it meant "at a rate of," before being shortened to just "at" and used in message protocols. Once the character became standardized on keyboards and then spread through interplanetary travel and communication, other uses also became established.
[ God. he is SUCh a fucking nerd. ]
Your hint is that it is shiny.
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𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 "𝘢𝘵"?
𝘖𝘩𝘩𝘩, 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘺! 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘨 - 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦.
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[ That was the point he was trying to make there. Definitely. ]
It isn't a lot, but I hope you will appreciate them.
Tell me when you are available, and I will come find you.
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[ Oh, right he had asked about something else, hadn't he? ]
𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴? 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦.
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[ It is important for readers at home to remember that dan heng is mentally writing all of this with an expression on his face like 😐 ]
The Wintertide thing? Sure.
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𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 ^_^ 𝘴𝘰 ^_^ 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 ^_^ 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 ^_^
[ Hilda unfortunately is not one of those readers and is fully convinced he's making the ^_^ face while he's writing it. ]
𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵! 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰.
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[ Obviously. ]
i'm actually wheezing this is such a one brain cell conversation
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦 ^ 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
proximity to teenagers, man
Don't know. It's a pronunciation modifier when above a letter, but I only ever see it used for emotes.
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯?
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My friend March likes to use (･ω<)☆
[ Little does Dan Heng know that if he had a signature emoji it would be (-_-;) ]
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𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦? (･ω<)☆
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𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
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[ Not that Hilda would know anything about March... but they are similar, right? not just the pink. ]
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢!
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘴? 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰.
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