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In German, the & character is known as “kaufmännisches Und”, or “tradesman’s and”. For this reason, I used to believe that ampersand was really “amper’s and” an
by Timwi 3y ago
In German, the & character is known as “kaufmännisches Und”, or “tradesman’s and”. For this reason, I used to believe that ampersand was really “amper’s and” and amper was somehow an obsolete word for tradesman.
Needless to say, that it not the case, but it felt very convincing.
- weinzierl 3y agoI thought the same way. It's kind of so obvious but also so wrong.
- andrepd 3y agoIn Portuguese it's the "commercial and".
- augusto-moura 3y agoIn some latin languages we have a similar modern name ("e comercial" in portuguese, "y comercial" in spanish, "E commerciale" in italian), literally meaning "commercial 'and'". I'm not sure about the history about it though
- hoosieree 3y agoAmper (noun): one who amps. Today we use the term "influencer". Did you know that the term "computer" used to refer to an occupation? The same used to be true for audio amplifiers. It was a role traditionally occupied by the loudest shouter in the village.