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> it's called 'and per se, and' It was more that they just called it "and". Rattling off the last few letters of the alphabet, it would have sounded awkward if
by amyjess 4y ago
> it's called 'and per se, and'
It was more that they just called it "and". Rattling off the last few letters of the alphabet, it would have sounded awkward if they ended it with "X, Y, Z, and and". So they added the per se to indicate that and was the letter's name and not just stammering on a conjunction without finishing the sentence.
- collinmanderson 4y agoA, B, C, and D, Pray, playmates, agree. E, F, and G, Well, so it shall be. J, K, and L, In peace we will dwell. M, N, and O, To play let us go. P, Q, R, and S, Love may we possess. W, X, and Y, Will not quarrel or die. Z, and ampersand, Go to school at command. - A Book of Nursery Rhymes (1901) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Book_of_Nursery_Rhymes/Part_VI https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Book_of_Nursery_Rhymes/Part...
- vincent-manis 4y agoI was once returning to Vancouver. Ahead of me in the Canada Customs` line was a woman and a boy around 6 years old. He was singing the Alphabet Song; when he triumphantly got to `Ecks, Why, and Zee’, the woman said `Stop it! They’ll think we’re Americans’. She had a point, it’s `Zed’.