in old and classical books, i always see this. It's like at the ends of longs lists of things like an etc. but like it's also written in letters as the person's closing.
2007-01-17 02:57:09 · 5 answers · asked by You may refere to me as Norman 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
&c is a printer's shorthand for etc
Comes from the days of hand set lead type, a convention used by printers. It is faster to set one character than two, and less wear on the e's and t's which are used a lot. Lead type was expensive, and if commonly used letters got worn out, the whole font had to be replaced, because sizes weren't standardized until the 1870's..
2007-01-17 03:23:14 · answer #1 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Et cetera.
Et cetera can also (but uncommonly) be written with an ampersand symbol, followed by a c, which stands for cetera. This is not because "&" is shorthand for "and", but because it is actually a literal corruption of et. This abbreviation is most commonly used in notations for mathematics or qualifications.
2007-01-17 11:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by jimmyjames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Et cetera. Latin for "and so on".
2007-01-17 11:03:52 · answer #3 · answered by Shihfu Mike Evans 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
etcetera (same as etc.)
I guess et meant "and" in latin or something.
2007-01-17 11:00:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean like &c.Hammer?
2007-01-17 11:02:36 · answer #5 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋