And Per Se And

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The history of the ampersand:

http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/theampersand.html

I had known that the word meant "and, per se, and"--though I never quite totally understood that and, frankly, still don't--but the history of the form was a total revelation: of course it's a stylized "et"! How could I not have figured that out already!?