In Old English manuscripts, the Tironian "et" served as both a phonetic and morphological place holder. For instance a Tironian "et" between two words would be phonetically pronounced "ond" and would mean "and". However, if the Tironian "et" followed the letter "s", then it would be phonetically pronounced "sond" and mean water .... This additional function of a phonetic as well as a conjunction placeholder has escaped formal Modern English; for example, one may not spell the word "sand" as "s&" (although this occurs in an informal style practised on certain internet forums).
Monday, July 31, 2017
Messrs ¼maine, @kins and S&erson from The Demolished Man would like a word, or a logogram
Wh@ TF? Whackyweedia contributor is droll, or has never encountered Twitter, or indeed my abbrevi8d Dad-phone texting. Hilarity is 4thcoming.
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This is relevant to my single enduring interest. Investigations are planned.
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