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Post by SusanB on Jul 7, 2008 21:31:33 GMT
I'm going to adopt "atpersand". Obviously, blatantly, selbstverstaendlich wrong. But I'm starting to like it nevertheless.
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Post by Pete on Jul 7, 2008 21:44:16 GMT
I'm going to adopt "atpersand". Obviously, blatantly, selbstverstaendlich wrong. But I'm starting to like it nevertheless. What about ampersat - replacing the 'and' of ampersand with 'at'? |
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jul 7, 2008 21:55:29 GMT
Michael Quinion's World Wide Words has an article on the 'commercial at' symbol. |
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Post by Bertie on Jul 7, 2008 22:02:22 GMT
He/She was just quoting from the quiz answer as giveh - no research undertaken. Us boys/girls can be so gullible.
"Ampersat" has a nice logic to it.
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Post by SusanB on Jul 7, 2008 22:12:44 GMT
I can manage with ampersat too. I think I'm starting to prefer it to my suggestion!
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Post by Alan Palmer on Jul 7, 2008 22:31:39 GMT
He/She was just quoting from the quiz answer as giveh - no research undertaken. Who is "He/She"?  |
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Post by Dave on Jul 8, 2008 6:02:40 GMT
He/She was just quoting from the quiz answer as giveh - no research undertaken. Who is "He/She"? I think Tone started it when he couldn't remember whether Bertie is a guy or a gal (amnesia?) in spite of Bertie's gender marker showing. Bertie's just continued the third person in the same vein. |
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Post by Barry on Jul 8, 2008 14:51:26 GMT
I like ampersat, too, but, alas, the etymology doesn't quite work. Ampersand is a bastardised contraction of and per se and - that is 'and', by itself, 'and'. It would have to be atpersat, really.
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Post by Bertie on Jul 8, 2008 15:13:39 GMT
How do you get 'am' out of 'and'? Following the logic of your explanation, should it not be either ampersam or andpersand? Just 'perseand would work surely?
Only asking.
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Post by SusanB on Jul 8, 2008 15:26:41 GMT
My guess is that it would be from the pronunciation. It's difficult to say 'and per', without it running together.
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Post by Tone on Jul 8, 2008 20:54:35 GMT
>Tone started it when he couldn't remember whether Bertie is a guy or a gal (amnesia?)<
No, not amnesia.
Just non-discriminatory, 'cos some people fib about their sex on forums.
And also in life, to a friend of mine's great confusion many a year ago in the "The Cafe Des"! (Oh how we laughed!")
Tone
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Post by Barry on Jul 9, 2008 11:58:24 GMT
How do you get 'am' out of 'and'?
That's why I wrote 'bastardised contraction'. My guess, too, is it's the pronunciation, but don't blame me for apparently established etymology!
if you wanted a similar contraction, you could run with apersat (it loses the difficult-to-articulate plosive consonant cluster).
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