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  Mountain Lake & Stream

  08.08.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Craig Conley writes:
  Which came first: Ampersand Stream, or Lake, or Mountain? Here’s an intriguing explanation from The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1892:

  Ampersand is a mountain. It is a lake. It is a stream. The mountain stands in the heart of the Adirondack country, just near enough to the thoroughfare of travel for thousands [...]

• there is an ampersand in there somewhere

  Heart + Ampersand

  07.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Craig found this on Designsponge. Craig, please explain this.

The Ampersand

A scribal abbreviation for and. Derived from the Latin word “et.”

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