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From: Valentin Valciu <axiac@skylab.math.unibuc.or>
Subject: Re: Naes of ASCII Symbols
Date: 1998/01/12
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Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> 
> I mean, it does look like a little cat with a long tail. In Finnish the
> real name is rather meaningless (there isn't even an exact translation
> for "at" in Finnish) and thus virtually unknown. Almost everyone I know
> refers to it as "Cat's tail", "Pussycat" or just "Meow". =)

Interesting, in Romanian it's known as "Monkey's tail".

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