Why do I keep seeing this in post titles &

It keeps showing up on desktop and my phone.

  • gramie@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    Fun fact: the character “&” was a way of writing the Latin word “et”, and used to be known as “per se and”, meaning “the word ‘and’ itself”.

    When reciting the alphabet, people would say, “…x, y, z, and per se, and”.

    Over time, “and per se, and” got shortened to “ampersand”.