Comments on: The Ampersand http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:27:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ola Amigo http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-555614 Ola Amigo Sat, 17 May 2008 20:01:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-555614 I'm more of a semicolon kind of guy myself, but to each his own. I'm more of a semicolon kind of guy myself, but to each his own.

]]> By: aware http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-555478 aware Sat, 17 May 2008 16:55:02 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-555478 ampersand is not a punctuation mark. it's a character that stands for a word. it is actually formed from the letters E and T, as "et" is the Latin word for "and." Back when printing presses began to dominate bookmaking, much of the books were written in Latin - the lingua franca of the era - so they could be distributed and sold in several countries. ampersand is not a punctuation mark. it's a character that stands for a word. it is actually formed from the letters E and T, as "et" is the Latin word for "and." Back when printing presses began to dominate bookmaking, much of the books were written in Latin - the lingua franca of the era - so they could be distributed and sold in several countries.

]]> By: Jason E. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554318 Jason E. Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554318 I always have favored the interrobang. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang I always have favored the interrobang.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554194 Dave Fri, 16 May 2008 14:57:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554194 Dang; that code tag didn't work; anyway the code would be the ampersand sign followed by "amp" followed by a semicolon. http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/text/specialcharacters.html Dang; that code tag didn't work; anyway the code would be the ampersand sign followed by "amp" followed by a semicolon.

http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/text/specialcharacters.html

]]> By: Dave http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554191 Dave Fri, 16 May 2008 14:54:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554191 & I've always liked the &mpersand too! One thing that most people don't know is that using a keyboard-typed ampersand character in a blog post or comment can sometimes hose things up (or so I've been told by my blogging mentor. The proper way to insert an ampersand is with the html code for it, which is <code>&</code> Not that I'm a coding wizard or anything, but... & I've always liked the &mpersand too!

One thing that most people don't know is that using a keyboard-typed ampersand character in a blog post or comment can sometimes hose things up (or so I've been told by my blogging mentor. The proper way to insert an ampersand is with the html code for it, which is &

Not that I'm a coding wizard or anything, but...

]]> By: Pol x http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554168 Pol x Fri, 16 May 2008 14:31:14 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554168 I like that ampersand is a portmanteau word "And per se and" I like that ampersand is a portmanteau word

"And per se and"

]]> By: cuimhne http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554154 cuimhne Fri, 16 May 2008 14:21:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554154 I'm always writing ampersands backwards for some reason... I'm always writing ampersands backwards for some reason...

]]> By: ripper http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/the-ampersand/comment-page-1/#comment-554140 ripper Fri, 16 May 2008 13:59:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16310#comment-554140 You could be right - though I have never sat around thinking about the attractiveness of punctuation marks. You could be right - though I have never sat around thinking about the attractiveness of punctuation marks.

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