home
feed
past

and so on.
from the quirkiness of yours truly,
taryn hiroshima.

The typewriter ampersand symbol (&) was invented by Marcus Tullius Tiro around 60 BCE as a part of a system of shorthand that allowed him to write down the orations of Cicero. The symbol was a combination of the letters ‘e’ and ‘t’ from the Latin word ‘et’ meaning ‘and.’

awesome.

viaohyeahfacts

January 28 2010
view comments
blog comments powered by Disqus