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Some potentially mind-blowing facts about the ampersand (&)

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Co-founder of Reductress, @yourpappalardo, dropped some "&" knowledge, which spawned additional factoids including that "ampersand" is actually a contraction.

Co-founder of Reductress, @yourpappalardo, dropped some "&" knowledge, which spawned additional factoids including that "ampersand" is actually a contraction.

  1. I was today years old when I learned that an ampersand (&) is a ligature for the word 'et'

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  2. 31. sij
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    This is fascinating! I don’t know what “et” means though!

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    Latin for “and.”

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  4. 1. velj
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    I was today years old when I encountered this and also the word "ligature."

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    How about that the word "ampersand" is a contraction of "and per se and"

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  6. 31. sij
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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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  7. 1. velj
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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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  8. 1. velj
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    "yo back up that &"

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  9. 1. velj
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    Let's bring back &c.

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  10. 1. velj
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    These are the secret things you learn in Typography class. See also Interrobang and Octothorpe.

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  11. 1. velj
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    Here's one of the most creative uses of the ampersand I have ever seen.

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    This, along with the percentages-can-be-flipped retweet from has made Twitter my personal education tool of the week!

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  13. 29. sij
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  14. How did I get this far in life not knowing this???

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