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At sign

Notation
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The symbol (@), rarely used in traditional poetry but appearing in digital or experimental verse.

Detailed Definition
The at sign (@) is a modern typographical symbol that appears in digital, email-inspired, or conceptual poetry to evoke connectivity, address, or technological mediation; its inclusion reflects contemporary linguistic shifts and the integration of internet vernacular into poetic form.
Example
Example in poetry:
The at sign appears in email-inspired poems: “Dear Mom @ heaven.com”; In conceptual works, @ denotes presence: “grief @ 2 a.m.”; Poets use @ to compress “at the” in urban verse: “waiting @ bus stop of longing”; In net-poetry, @ functions as a preposition: “love @ first byte”; Some poets treat @ as a symbol of connection: “you @ me = us”; In performance scores, @ may cue location-based delivery: “speak @ echo point”.
Additional Notes
At sign: The at sign (@) is rarely used in traditional poetry but appears in digital or postmodern verse to reference email, social media, or commodification; in notation studies, it may symbolize addressivity or networked communication—consider its typographic weight and cultural connotations when analyzing contemporary poetic forms.
Also Known As
at symbol commercial at
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