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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: & #101108 04/21/03 12:16 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA J JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA I believe this information on the ampersand is slightly more accurate: "a corruption of and (&) per se and, which literally means "(the character) & by itself (is the word) and." The symbol & is derived from the ligature of ET or et, which is the Latin word for "and." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted @ rav 04/17/03 09:27 AM Re: @ Buffalo Shrdlu 04/17/03 09:32 AM Only one way I know of... TheFallibleFiend 04/17/03 11:02 AM to each his own wofahulicodoc 04/17/03 11:28 AM Re: to each his own vika 04/17/03 11:45 AM Re: @ of troy 04/17/03 11:42 AM Re: @ Buffalo Shrdlu 04/17/03 12:23 PM symbol things for symbol people wofahulicodoc 04/17/03 12:41 PM Re: @ sjm 04/17/03 07:19 PM Re: & JohnHawaii 04/21/03 12:16 AM Re: & Buffalo Shrdlu 04/21/03 12:35 AM Re: What's in a name? WhitmanO'Neill 04/21/03 03:45 AM What's in a name? wofahulicodoc 04/21/03 12:59 AM ligature of ET TEd Remington 04/23/03 09:30 AM Re: @ wow 04/21/03 01:47 PM Re: @ Bingley 04/22/03 03:14 AM Re: @ rav 04/22/03 06:28 AM Re: @ wofahulicodoc 04/22/03 11:41 AM Re: @ Capfka 04/22/03 12:43 PM Evacuation Day Father Steve 04/26/03 10:02 PM Re: @ maahey 04/17/03 12:06 PM Re: @ TheFallibleFiend 04/17/03 12:53 PM confusion thrice confounded wofahulicodoc 04/17/03 04:29 PM Re: separatrix Jackie 04/17/03 05:05 PM Re: virgule separatrix AnnaStrophic 04/18/03 09:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 927 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 26 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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