The previous letter was recognized as a symbol and removed from the present alphabet system at the turn of the century. The letter ampersand, usually known as '&', was thought to be the alphabet's ...

A&W Restaurants is only asking for one thing as it turns 100 this year: return the ampersand to the alphabet. The chain, with nearly 1,000 locations worldwide, is inviting people to sign a Change.org ...

Sharing the revelation to his followers, Zach said that the 27th letter of the alphabet is Ampersand. Ampersand is the name given to the & symbol. Zach said: "Believe it or not, this used to be ...

By year 1011, the order that we know today was largely in place — excluding “J,” “U,” “W” — but there were 29 letters, including the ampersand. The alphabet we know today takes its ...

In the 19th century, the ampersand was recognized as the 27th letter of the alphabet, and taught as such to British schoolchildren. Even if it isn’t today, the fact that the ampersand was once ...

Today we just use it for stylistic purposes, but the ampersand has had a long and storied history in English, and was actually frequently included as a 27th letter of the alphabet as recently as ...

A third tweeted: "Yeah but do you know where 'ampersand' comes from? '&' used to be the last letter of the alphabet, so you'd recite 'X, Y, Z, & and, per se, and,' meaning '& by itself = and'." ...

The ampersand is under threat, the company suggested in an accompanying press release. Once recited as part of the alphabet, the character with the preternatural ability to couple is now not only ...

LEXINGTON, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A&W Restaurants is only asking for one thing as it turns 100 this year: return the ampersand to the alphabet. The chain, with nearly 1,000 locations worldwide ...