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i'm reading a 70yo book and there is "&c" used instead of "etc".
by hknmtt 4y ago
i'm reading a 70yo book and there is "&c" used instead of "etc".
- thanatos519 4y agoI still write like that!
- agalunar 4y agoSame! nice to meet another "&c" user ^_^ I'm afraid I can't remember why I began writing "&c" rather than "etc", although I know I now prefer it (rather than it merely being a matter of habit) since it neatly separates the "et" and the "cetera" and looks cute to boot. Do you remember where you picked up the practice?
- wjdp 4y agoI adopted it as etc or e.t.c. just seemed so clunky
- 1-more 4y agoDots are used to denote that the previous character is an initial for a longer word. Since "et" is a whole word you only put the dot after the "c" that stands for "cetera" so "e.t.c" is kind of a hypercorrection like octopi, ignorami, or habañero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
- the_mitsuhiko 4y agoIt's particularly common in German blackletter texts though they use ⁊c instead of &c, same origin though.
- 1-more 4y agoAnyone else wondering what that little guy is it's a "Tironian et" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tironian_notes
- moffkalast 4y agoWell clearly the pointer to c is on address 10111699.
- chrismorgan 4y agoI hope it’s “&c.”, not “&c”.