Comment Comment by kgwgk Is there any reason to believe so?Maybe it’s you who is missing what’s going on.https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-ampersand& was named ampersand in the context of rattling off the letters of the alphabet in English: “double-you ex wye izzard/zed, and”.“… And what?”“And, on its own, and” (and, per se, and).With “and” named in English, because this was an English rattling off of the alphabet. parent kgwgk 3 years ago
Maybe it’s you who is missing what’s going on.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-ampersand
& was named ampersand in the context of rattling off the letters of the alphabet in English: “double-you ex wye izzard/zed, and”.
“… And what?”
“And, on its own, and” (and, per se, and).
With “and” named in English, because this was an English rattling off of the alphabet.