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submitted 6 months ago by partybot@lemmy.ca to c/til@lemmy.ca
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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Everyone’s talking about the ampersand, and nobody pays attention to the sanderamp ⅋

[-] Donut@leminal.space 7 points 6 months ago

What witchcraft is this

[-] myusernameis@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago

Found the aussie!

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 6 months ago

OK, that one I definitely can't draw (unless I turn the paper upside down)

[-] B_DL@lemmynsfw.com 13 points 6 months ago

Just a dude dragging his ass on the carpet.

[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago
[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago
[-] Muscar@discuss.online 1 points 6 months ago

That's neither something from a dude nor an ass.

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

I can almost honestly say that I've never written this symbol in my life. Maybe a few times, but if I did, it probably looked like absolute chicken shit.

I know I've typed it plenty of times, but written on paper? Nope, I just stick to + in writing if I want the shorthand of 'and'.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 6 months ago

The Spanish word 'y' is my fav abbrv

[-] Muscar@discuss.online 3 points 6 months ago

"o" is commonly used in Swedish, short for "och" which means "and").

[-] errer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I guess you didn’t like m&ms as a child

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I have no problem with the & character, I just can't write it on paper worth a shit to save my life.

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago

Hehe, I had to write it in my University a lot because it is used on Soviet symbol for AND gate in electronics. It still looked like chicken shit, even after all that practice.

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