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Ampersand.......
« on: September 11, 2020, 02:21:13 PM »
Well, this is a new on for me. I never knew the word 'ampersand' means the symbol '&'! How did I miss this, I wonder.......

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Re: Ampersand.......
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2020, 07:19:34 PM »
G'day Jay,
I'm still kicking myself for not finding this big word.
When i viewed the solution, my initial reaction was well no wonder i could not find it because i have never heard of it & no idea what it means but when i clicked on the definition, it suddenly came rushing back to me that i had indeed encountered this word somewhere before & that was of course when playing this incredible game of chihuahua.
The excuse is that since i have had a little break from chi then i was entitled to forget. the word.
But Jay, my point is that this is what chi is all about, learning new words, expanding your vocabulary & even having a bit of fun by finding benchmark players that you can challenge on the scoreboard.
Anyway i am quite sure that neither of us will ever miss ampersand the next time that it pops up in a puzzle.

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Re: Ampersand.......
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2020, 03:17:20 PM »
Common to me, but often have to explain it to others.  What do you call a "&" if you don't use the word ampersand?
"The symbol for and" seems a bit unwieidy when it does have a name.
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Re: Ampersand.......
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2020, 06:18:37 PM »
I just called it the " thingy " that you used to shorten or replace " and "

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Re: Ampersand.......
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2020, 03:04:30 PM »
Back in my day it was taught as the 27th letter of the alphabet...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand

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Re: Ampersand.......
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2020, 07:09:38 PM »
And to add to the trivia;

Those who remember their ASCII tables will know that 26 Hexadecimal is .... Ampersand