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Examples
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-- Yorrick survived because he ate Ampersands poo.
Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film 2008
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In order of my love for them: 7. Anonysquirrels 6. Anonymatopeons 5. Anonymice or Eddies & Nonnies 4. Slush Puppies / Slushlings 3. ARCs 2. T-POTs 1. But I really, really love the Ampersands.
Go Name Yourself Editorial Anonymous 2009
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Ampersands occasionally replace the word “and” because the character is actually “et” — Latin for “and”.
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Ampersands and abbreviations have been retained, though superscript letters are reproduced without the dots or dashes that typically appear beneath them.
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Ampersands were always used, even in the midst of words that happened to contain the letters a, n, d.
Reagan, Unscripted Brinkley, Douglas 2007
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Ampersands are slippery things, particularly when they attempt to conjoin diametric opposites.
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Social conservatives could be in the surface positive about feminism in a patronizing way and then it really isnt compatible with feminism I htink… All in all, I think Ampersands original post is quite true.
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Which of the three Ampersands has the prior claim to the name, I cannot tell.
Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness Henry Van Dyke 1892
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Ampersands aside, there are similarities here, and I'm wondering how long we'll have to wait before the dawn of Wolfgang & Waldy's (Puck collaborates with Malouf!) or Jack &
Diner's Journal 2009
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Ampersands have long been the character in a typeface with which typographers can indulge themselves.
Smashing Magazine 2009
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