Wordie: Ampersand: Comments

Comment by VanishedOne, 4 months ago

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:31:38 +0000

I just learnt there's an Ampersand weblog.

Comment by frindley, 5 months ago

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:41:35 +0000

There is nothing, simply nothing, better than messing about with ampersands. I love this character nearly as much as I love the letter Q.

Comment by rolig, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:40:30 +0000

I agree that ampersands are annoying in text, and generally stylebooks say to convert them to "and", but it's easy to see why people like them so much. They're fun! & What a lovely mark – from the Latin "et"! And sometimes so very elegant in certain fonts. In older books you can see &c. for "etc."

A Tip for Proper English

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:43:19 +0000

Eschew ampersands & abbreviation, etc.

and, per se, and

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:55:52 +0000

This word has a splendid derivation.