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Is there any reason to believe so? Maybe it’s you who is missing what’s going on. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-ampersand https://www.quora.
by kgwgk 4y ago
Is there any reason to believe so?
Maybe it’s you who is missing what’s going on.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-ampersand https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-ampersand
& was named ampersand in the context of rattling off the letters of the alphabet in English: “double-you ex wye izzard/zed, and”.
“… And what?”
“And, on its own, and” (and, per se, and).
With “and” named in English, because this was an English rattling off of the alphabet.
- boffinism 4y ago> Is there any reason to believe so? Yes, specificially this article: http://haggardhawksblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/ampersand.html http://haggardhawksblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/ampersand.html
- kgwgk 4y agoI agree with palotasb about that article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35611618 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35611618