Re: CHAT ampersand (was: noun compounds)

Oh, another handwritten variation I see commonly looks like a
lowercase epsilon (or a backward 3) with vertical lines attached to
the top and bottom.  (Sometimes it's a vertical bar all the way
through, but more often I see the two-line version, perhaps with the
lines manifesting as exaggerated serifs on the ends of the thing
instead of additions in the middle.)

On 3/7/06, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On 3/7/06, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
> >The cursive form of the ampersand
> > is still AFAIK widely used over here where it tends to look like a lower
> > case Greek alpha, usually rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise. But i
> > prefer to write the thing properly    :)
>
> I do see it in handwriting more than in print.  I guess the cursive
> version looks like a lowercase Greek alpha.  I'd say it looks more
> like a 4 flipped vertically, or, depending on the writer, a d with a
> very squashed arc.  Personally, I draw it like the typeset version,
> and I use it all the time when addressing envelopes to more than one
> person.
>
> > BTW 'et cetera' is not frequently printed as _&c_ this side of the Pond.
>
> Not frequently or not infrequently?
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>

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