/vip/ - Ampersand

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 10:43

The character or sign (&) representing the word and.

The more you know.

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 10:49

Everyone knows that?

Also what do you call this "|"? Pipe?

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 13:31

|=="bar" you fucking douche

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 14:57

>>1
welcome to 2nd grade

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 19:21

& comes from contracting latin characters "et" which mean "and". Some modern fonts, like Trebuchet MS, take a step back and reveal where does & come from.

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 22:27

>>3

pipe is an accepted word, used by programmers.

# = the pound sign (as opposed to star, on a telephone), also known as an octothorpe

>>4

people can get out of high school without knowing that the ampersand is the & sign, so >>1 is performing a valuable public service.

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 22:33

>>6
and sharp

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 23:31

>>6
Lots of people leave high school not even knowing where their own language's alphabet originated from. TMYK

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-18 10:02

Lots of people are idiots. TMYK

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-18 10:41

I'm not British nor American, but isn't £ the fucking pound sign? What does U+0023 NUMBER SIGN have to do with it?

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-18 10:56

They're both called "pound signs".

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-18 11:26

see, thread, someone is actually learning something!

in America, the # is called 'the pound sign' in telephone messages. 'to stop answering machine/request more phone sex/disconnect, press the pound sign.'

Name: VIPPER 2005-12-18 12:12

I call "#" hash. Also, fuck America.

Ampersand

1 Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 10:43

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3 Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 13:31

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6 Name: VIPPER 2005-12-16 22:27

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