Ampersand

Night Clubs

Ampersand makes a cool name for a night club and there are several in the UK in cities including London, Bristol and Mancherster.

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The ampersand symbol is a ligature combination of the cursive letters "e" and "t", invented in 63 BC by Marcus Tirus as shorthand for the Latin word for "and", "et".

Business Names

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The main surviving use of the ampersand is in the formal names of businesses, especially firms and partnerships, particularly law firms, architectural firms, and stockbroker firms. When the ampersand forms part of a registered name (e.g. Brownless & Hong ), it should not be replaced with and. The usage of the ampersand is subtly different [...]

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The ampersand is also used for book and movie titles, such as Grahame & The Chef , as well, and in some other proper names. In these cases, & is interchangeable with the word and; the distinction between them is mostly aesthetic. However, in film credits for story, screenplay, etc., & indicates a closer collaboration than and.

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