Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: About "and"

From when to when was it possible to write the conjunction "and" as "&"?
Fowler used it in his "Dictionary of Modern English Usage", and I'm pretty
sure I've also encountered it somewhere else. Is/was it a matter of style
or economy *?
* In the aforementioned book the title of an article is written as one
word, in order not to waste one more line because of but a few characters.
That's why I thought & might have been used just to save space.
Bye, FB
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 That's why I thought & might have been used just to save space.
He also writes "connexion", which I would have thought to be a very recent
spelling.
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 Bye, FB
The ampersand (&) is still very much in use today, particularly in commerce
in advertising and in signs. I'm not sure of its origin, but in some
instances it appears to be a stylization of Et, from the Latin. This is
better seen in certain computer fonts than others. (Minion Pro Italic, for
example.)
My feeling is that it doesn't belong in everyday writing, however, but then
I tend to eschew abbreviations for the most part.
As for "connexion" it's British, but I think it's old, (and outdated)
rather than new. Can anyone over there clarify this?
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 rather than new. Can anyone over there clarify this?
Bound to be, since such book is some fifty years old.
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 the name of firms"?), I'd say.
Like this:
"This morning I woke up at eight & went to bed again immediately". I like
it, but I guess nobody uses it * any longer. No, maybe I don't like it so
much.
* Can one "employ" a word?
Bye, FB
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Perhaps , like the pox and the condom , we all want to attribute this 
spelling to others , since I'd always assumed that (used by a modern writer) 
it was an American spelling!
I'm sure you're right about it's being old , since it's closer to the Latin 
original 'conexio' ; and it's certainly very rarely used over here .
Mike 

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Does this mean that you will also attempt to eschew obfuscation? :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 Bound to be, since such book is some fifty years old.
Ho trovato le due forme nel mio vecchio voc., ecco i 
significati:
connessione, collegamento, coerenza;  società;  rapporto 
sessuale;  parentela, parente; clientela;
in connexion with (di treni, battelli), in coincidenza con.
-- 
Today no, tomorrow yes.

 * Can one "employ" a word?
I would say so, but it sounds a bit stiff.
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 Does this mean that you will also attempt to eschew obfuscation? :>)
In fact it's my motto. 
Eschew obfuscation!
(Along with "End Road Work!", one of my favorite highway signs.)
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 it was an American spelling!
I'm sorry; I didn't mean to dump it on you guys. I had just gleaned from my
(American) dictionary (but I had also assumed) that it was "chiefly
British."
I'm glad it's fallen into disuse.
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 "This morning I woke up at eight & went to bed again immediately". 
La frase sembra tratta di un diario personale, in quale caso qualunque
abbreviazione č ammissibile.
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Xakero
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