@airlearnlanguageshow: How school kids accidentally invented the word “ampersand”#airlearn #viral #language #facts #symbols

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cosmonihilist
CosmoNihilist :
We LMNOP’d ourselves a new word
2026-09-17 15:16:35
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rightclicka
Rightclicka :
This is usually the “fun fact” I share at boring parties. And the “hashtags” real name being octothorp
2026-09-17 17:28:09
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fine.ill.correct.every1
No One :
Missed opportunity to put the & before Z. So the jingle makes sense.
2026-09-17 17:11:16
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nerfstairs
Nerf Stairs :
if you add a few quotation marks it looks like a person dragging his butt across the floor """&
2026-09-17 16:38:11
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daltonium
Dalton :
Yesterday's errors aren't tomorrow's rules. At least not yet
2026-09-18 10:14:26
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redtravler
RedTravler :
I love etymology and linguistics!
2026-09-17 15:53:54
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brandon.v111
Brandon :
I want a symbol for Eleminopee now.
2026-09-17 20:13:05
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majaaaaaaaaaa_with_10_as
DB Cooper was her :
specifically "& per se &" was used to distinguish it from &c, which is how etc. was spelled at the time
2026-09-17 22:28:28
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cheesemanthe3rdx
BBQ Bunger :
Omg that’s actually crazy awesome. Ampersand = and per se and🤯
2026-09-17 22:08:02
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jimmywu1010
jim wu :
almost no one is highly innacurate
2026-09-18 09:57:44
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lordashley21
Lord Ashley :
There is no such thing as C E
2026-09-17 16:41:32
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3dprintifer
The 3DPrintifer :
Does that mean in a thousand years we might have a letter elemenopee?
2026-09-18 00:51:57
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denimbeard
Denimbeard :
Shame we lost the thorn though!
2026-09-18 09:52:31
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rolzone02
Ocram :
how many years till we get elemenopi?
2026-09-18 09:31:35
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betta_fisch
bettafisch :
Thank you for saying "unofficial" letter! As a book historian it drives me nuts when people share this fact but frame it more along the lines "did you know ampersand used to be a letter of the alphabet???" 😅
2026-09-18 06:13:37
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socialistsweeper
socialistsweeper🏳️‍⚧️ :
damn thats actually a good case for the new song that breaks up lmnop
2026-09-18 09:46:45
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paycheck.s
paycheck.s :
see, if the original alphabet was .. X Y & Z, it would’ve settled the old debate about the alphabet song
2026-09-18 00:00:36
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pulseinthepages
Jenny (Taylor's Version) :
it's like elemeno in abcdefghijkELEMENOp 😂
2026-09-17 14:37:23
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pagelost.exe
lee / eel :
i actually know its name i dont have any memories of learning it, one day i started calling it ampersand maybe it's a memory i got from a parallel universe
2026-09-17 16:24:11
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waitsandfolds
Vampire Private Detective :
I always assumed it was created a guy named Amper. You know, Amper’s and.
2026-09-18 00:16:56
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www.marianna.org
🤍🤯 :
ampersand + and per say and
2026-09-17 23:21:29
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mrfalliq
Mr Falliq :
etymology is soooo interesting!!
2026-09-17 15:27:00
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steelerbowen
Steeler Bowen :
Anyone else annoyed at the change of BC/AD to BCE/CE?
2026-09-17 16:53:45
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robshello
robshello :
Zed, British school children said zed
2026-09-17 14:09:46
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