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How is ampersand a joke name?
by Oompa 17y ago
How is ampersand a joke name?
- asolove 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoThe etymology [1] does not suggest a joke origination. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand#Etymology
- Vindexus 17y agoThrough folk etymology, it has been claimed that André-Marie Ampère used the symbol in his widely read publications, and that people began calling the new shape "Ampere's and". [3]
- JoshTriplett 17y agoTo quote the Jargon File's entry on ASCII character names <http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/a/ASCII.html> http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/a/ASCII.html>: "INTERCAL called this `ampersand'; what could be sillier?"