How is it that this symbol ( & ) stands for (and)?

An ampersand (&) is a symbol representing the conjunction word "and". This character is a ligature of the letters in "et", Latin for "and". The word ampersand is a corruption of the phrase “and per se and”, meaning “and by itself is and”

The ampersand can be traced back to the 1st century A.D. and the Old Roman cursive script, in which the letters E and T occasionally were written together to form a ligature. The symbol cannot be traced back to a single individual.

For more information about the history and use of the ampersand, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand

An same signal with a correct-hand bracket. It way: I have a directly nostril and a foolish grin. It is the reverse of ~)(> The '>' is a beard. It took me a million-a million/two seconds to make that up, what is YOUR main issue? ;-(

Overlap the letters a, n, d.

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