I had a pet snail named Snailthorpe. The e was not optional in his case. He'd slime you if you left off that e.

He was named after this character: @ People think it's an "at sign", but it's actually a snailthorpe.

Well I feel like an old guy, because everyone says "hashtag" when I think "pound."

edit, it's a csci thing. # is pound, ! is bang. Everyone knows this. You're frankly stupid if you don't.