Comment by libraryofbabel
5 days ago
Oh totally. I actually don’t like Locke’s position much either, he’s too libertarian for my taste (I would like the state to provide healthcare &c &c). But if I had to choose I’d choose Locke over Hobbes. Hobbes is… real dark.
Such elegance, or snobbery or at least some kind of beauty...
Using "&" literally in 2026 smells of wonder, well done, thanks!
Do you do it sometimes in regular English words too or just in &c? Please give more examples (if you have any).
This will be a great day, starting of like this: a written play with words; i like it!
&c as an abbreviation for etc was very common historically. For example, look at the OP. It would not normally be used for an et that is not the latin et (and), as in et cetera. Its use for an 'and' in latin carried over to english, for some reason, and that usage has stayed with us.
It’s hard to see but & is literally an e and a t conjoined. Not a ligature exactly
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I'm intrigued.
Is there something wrong with "&" in 2026?
Some kind of meta meaning?
Nothing wrong at all, quite the opposite.
I like it a lot, and it makes me happy to see someone using the ligature of "e t"[0] ("&") not only as "and" but also as it's original "et" in the abbreviation "etc".
To me it reads like someone playing with words in a fun way, which is not that common in my parts of the internet
I was trying to express appreciation.
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature_(writing)
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I'm confused.
Did you understand the comment you replied to as me being negative or did you reply to the wrong comment?
I'm well aware that I'm a cunt at times, but I'm having a hard time seeing that in this instance.
My intention was to be celebratory towards something I found truly elegant.
(Maybe it is common to use "&" to write "etc" or anywhere where you'd normally use "et" but afaik I have never seen it before.)
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