Re: CHAT ampersand (was: noun compounds)

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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