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I'm actually surprised their survey found more people using "excetera" than "expresso."

• aaronbrethorst 13y ago
  Fun fact: An acceptable, albeit dated, spelling of "et cetera" is "&c". Since et cetera literally means "and so forth," you can contract it into "& cetera," or "&c".
  • JoeAltmaier 13y ago
    And that symbol is called 'ampersand' but originally was just 'and'. The alphabet song used to include it at the end (w, x, y and z, and per se 'and'). So 'ampersand' is supposed to be a corruption much like 'Saint Nicholas' turned into 'Santa Claus'. Or is this apocryphal?
  • phaemon 13y ago
    "&" is actually a stylised way of writing "et" (as in literally writing the letters "e" and "t" together).
  • vacri 13y ago
    Another fun spelling is 'connexion', a somewhat archaic form of 'connection'
  • rosser 13y ago
    I know. That's how I generally say "et cetera" in writing (navigating UNIX filesystems being the main exception).