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See also:AMPERSAND (a corruption of the mixed See also:English and Latin phrase, " and per se and," of which there are many See also:dialect forms, as " ampussyand," or " amperseand ") , the name of the sign & or &, which is a See also:combination of the letters e, t, of the See also:Lat. et= and . The sign is now usually called " See also:short and." In old-fashioned primers and nursery books the name and sign were always added at the end of the See also:alphabet . |
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