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The ampersand can be used to indicate that the "and" in a listed item is a part of the item's name and not a separator (e.g. "Rock, pop, rhythm & blues and hip hop"). [citation needed] The ampersand may still be used as an abbreviation for "and" in informal writing regardless of how "and" is used.
The most common ligature in modern usage is the ampersand & . This was originally a ligature of E and t , forming the Latin word "et", meaning "and". It has exactly the same use in French and in English. The ampersand comes in many different forms. Because of its ubiquity, it is generally no longer considered a ligature, but a logogram.
Ø (or minuscule: ø) is a letter used in the Danish, Norwegian, Faroese, and Southern Sámi languages. It is mostly used as to represent the mid front rounded vowels, such as [ ø] ⓘ and [ œ] ⓘ, except for Southern Sámi where it is used as an [oe] diphthong . The name of this letter is the same as the sound it represents (see usage ).
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In Tagalog, the word at means 'and', so the symbol is used like an ampersand in colloquial writing such as text messages (e.g. magluto @ kumain, 'cook and eat'). In Thai, it is commonly called at, as in English. In Turkish, it is commonly called et, a variant pronunciation of English at. [citation needed]
Most of the world’s top corporations have simple names. Steve Jobs named Apple while on a fruitarian diet, and found the name "fun, spirited and not intimidating." Plus, it came before Atari in ...
The correct pronunciation of the name of Louisville, Kentucky is heatedly debated. [1] The three most popular pronunciations are, in order: US: / ˈluːəvəl / ⓘ LOO-ə-vəl, / ˈluːivɪl / ⓘ LOO-ee-vil, and. locally / ˈlʊvəl / ⓘ LUUV-əl. All three are generally considered acceptable; the Louisville Visitor Center says that only the ...
The apostrophe ( ' or ’) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for three basic purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters, e.g. the contraction of "do not" to "don't".