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KingBazza | 07:21 Fri 08th Feb 2019 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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An ampersand stands for which letter of the alphabet ?
P or G or A or T or M?
Multiple choice question from Competitors Companion.
A is the obvious answer but is that too easy?
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T is the only one given that fits according to the following. The ampersand can be traced back to the 1st century A.D. and the Old Roman cursive, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature (Evolution of the ampersand - figure 1). In the later and more flowing New Roman Cursive, ligatures of all kinds were extremely common;...
08:00 Fri 08th Feb 2019
It stands for and.
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Hi Waterboatman. I know it stands for "and" but it is a multiple choice question that only gives the five letters as options?
'And' is all it stands for KB. I don't know of any other meaning for it.
Yep, stands for a word (and) not a letter. It used to be combined with a letter which could also be a word on its own (A or I and sometimes O) which would then have ‘per se’ added.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand
T is the only one given that fits according to the following.
The ampersand can be traced back to the 1st century A.D. and the Old Roman cursive, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature (Evolution of the ampersand - figure 1). In the later and more flowing New Roman Cursive, ligatures of all kinds were extremely common; figures 2 and 3 from the middle of 4th century are examples of how the et-ligature could look in this script. During the later development of the Latin script leading up to Carolingian minuscule (9th century) the use of ligatures in general diminished. The et-ligature, however, continued to be used and gradually became more stylized and less revealing of its origin
Is the above wording exactly how it appears?
I always thought it used to be the 27th letter of the alphabet for 'and' :.... X, Y, Z and , per se, 'and'.
Perhaps that's just an urban myth

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