Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
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Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
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Re: Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
#2That's nothing compared to Shady Character's article on it[1] (if anything, this feels more like a summary of it).
[1] http://www.shadycharacters.co.uk/2011/06/the-ampersand-part-...
Re: Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
#3This is one of those stories that sounds suspiciously like urban legend bullshit, but upon further investigation, is actually true. Huh.
Most surprisingly, Italian borrowed the word "ampersand" as-is from English. German uses the more sensible "Et-Zeichen" ("et sign/character"), though.
Re: Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
#4This is one of those stories that sounds suspiciously like urban legend bullshit, but upon further investigation, is actually true. Huh. Most surprisingly, Italian borrowed the word "ampersand" as-is from English. German uses the more sensible "Et-Zeichen" ("et sign/character"), though.
In the Netherlands (Dutch language) we still use "per se" in our day to day speak which means, just like the article points out, "in itself".
Re: Interesting backstory of harmless "&"
#5This is one of those stories that sounds suspiciously like urban legend bullshit, but upon further investigation, is actually true. Huh. Most surprisingly, Italian borrowed the word "ampersand" as-is from English. German uses the more sensible "Et-Zeichen" ("et sign/character"), though.
In the Netherlands (Dutch language) we still use "per se" in our day to day speak which means, just like the article points out, "in itself".
I do not think I have ever seen it used with that meaning. I know it as "insistingly". Vandale.nl agrees with that.