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mk  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pretty cool origin of the word "ampersand" (= "&")

The ampersand is on of those characters my hand refuses to draw no matter how I try. This is my ampersand:





thenewgreen  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That reads ham "plus" eggs, I would read mikes as ham "and" eggs. They're similar enough but your version begs an equals sign at the end.

mk  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

= hearty breakfast.

mike  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's mine:

Yours is missing the 'e'. Mine is missing the 't'. Or maybe my 't' is split top and bottom and being crossed by the 'e'.

mk  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How did you start using the E with the dots? I've seen it before, but it's really a deviation from the &.

mike  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The dots are suppose to be vertical lines. It would look like this if I were writing all neat and tidy like.

I had a math professor as an undergrad who wrote very artistically. I began copying his handwriting when I took notes because it was so beautiful. I now to this day often make lower loops on g, j, y and z (it's a half-cursive z) and upper loops on f and h.

ironpotato  ·  3451 days ago  ·  link  ·  

this is how I write ampersand usually