Interesting backstory of harmless "&"

http://hotword.dictionary.com/ampersand/

by Wazzup12 • 15 years ago

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hotword.dictionary.com

beaumartinez• 15 years ago

That's nothing compared to Shady Character's article on it[1] (if anything, this feels more like a summary of it).

[1] http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-...

TillE• 15 years ago

This is one of those stories that sounds suspiciously like urban legend bullshit, but upon further investigation, is actually true. Huh.

Most surprisingly, Italian borrowed the word "ampersand" as-is from English. German uses the more sensible "Et-Zeichen" ("et sign/character"), though.

pan69• 15 years ago

In the Netherlands (Dutch language) we still use "per se" in our day to day speak which means, just like the article points out, "in itself".

Someone• 15 years ago

I do not think I have ever seen it used with that meaning. I know it as "insistingly". Vandale.nl agrees with that.

Interesting backstory of harmless "&"

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