in finnish, the '@' symbol is sometimes referred to as 'kissanhnta' [cat's tail] or 'miau', 'miau merkki' [meow marks]. in the pokemon universe, i thought it might be cute if the '@' symbol were called 'the mew' or 'mew symbol'
considering both bill and professor oak would know about mew, i imagined a conversation in which this term was coined in which professor oak tries (and finally succeeds) at sending his first email.
regional dialects make it difficult to share 'mewsernames'!
in swedish, the @ symbol is called 'trunk a' [elephants trunk]
in polish, it's called 'malpa' [monkey]!
