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It was also commonly the last letter of the alphabet.
Letters that were the same as their pronunciation, eg 'a', used to be recited in the alphabet with 'per se' as "per se a"
'&' as the last alphabet entry was therefore "and per se and"
Which became 'ampersand' 
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Btw in Scotland, the word 'ampersand' was not used until more recent times. Here it was 'epershand' as the '&' symbol when described was called 'et', the Latin name. Therefore it was "et per se and", a proper bastardisation of Scots, English and Latin
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Took awhile to digest this wealth of knowledge... But stoned and getting ready for the evening's Second Sleep Xoxo
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