minus-squareJonnyprophet@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is the most obscure fact you know?linkfedilinkarrow-up22·7 hours ago& This symbol, the ampersand, used to have equal status with letters of the alphabet and was stuck at the end after Z. That’s how it got its name. People would say “X,Y,Z, and, per se, And”. (And “sort of” an and). Thus, “And per se And” became Ampersand. linkfedilink
minus-squareJonnyprophet@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's a perfectly bad name for a cat?linkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months ago(simply shocked nose snorting) Wow. linkfedilink
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This symbol, the ampersand, used to have equal status with letters of the alphabet and was stuck at the end after Z.
That’s how it got its name. People would say “X,Y,Z, and, per se, And”. (And “sort of” an and). Thus, “And per se And” became Ampersand.