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I was today years old when I learned that an ampersand (&) is a ligature for the word 'et' pic.twitter.com/3xaXMyhlwP
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Sarah Pappalardo
@yourpappalardo
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Gonna lose followers over this one
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Paul Rauber
@paulrauber
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Yeah but do you know where "ampersand" comes from? "&" used to be the last letter of the alphabet, so you'd recite "X, Y, Z, & and, per se, and," meaning "& by itself = and."
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Zaiem Beg
@zbeg
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Had to verify this because this sounds a little made up. I’m learning all sorts of stuff today.
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Sausage Dog™️
@Samsheddinglbs
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This is fascinating! I don’t know what “et” means though!
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Stephen Shankland
@stshank
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Latin for “and.”
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Paul Potiki
@GuanoLad
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These are the secret things you learn in Typography class. See also Interrobang and Octothorpe.
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Anouki Morgenstern
@ChocoAnouki
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I had a really strict typography professor yet never learned about the &, but a whole lot about the ß.
I’m super glad this thread exists, so many new things to learn!
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muna mire
@Muna_Mire
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I’m...upset
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angela gomez 💛
@angelagnomez
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I think you mean ups&
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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart
@mkuplens
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Ooh - and, and… dictionary.com/e/ampersand (etymology)
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Alex Phillips
@Arekkusanda
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Let's bring back &c. pic.twitter.com/OJMNNOoHXV
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