Wording and pronunciation of '&' Thread poster: Mats Wiman
| Mats Wiman Sweden Local time: 20:00 Member (2000) German to Swedish + ... In memoriam
In English (UK and US?) it's 'ampersand', in German it's 'Geschäftliches und' ('Business and') What is it in your language? Mats | | | Nicole Schnell United States Local time: 12:00 English to German + ... In memoriam Not quite... | Feb 10, 2010 |
Mats Wiman wrote: in German it's 'Geschäftliches und' ('Business and') It is called the "Et-Zeichen", a ligature of the letters "e" and "t" in et, Latin for "and". In proper German it is allowed only as a part of company names. It is also called "das kaufmännische Und" or "das Kaufmanns-Und", but never "das geschäftliche Und". I know, I know, I am nit-picky.
[Edited at 2010-02-10 08:18 GMT] | | |
"esperluette" in French but pronounced as the equivalent "and" = et | | | Mats Wiman Sweden Local time: 20:00 Member (2000) German to Swedish + ... TOPIC STARTER In memoriam
Nicole Schnell wrote: Mats Wiman wrote: in German it's 'Geschäftliches und' ('Business and') It is called the "Et-Zeichen", a ligature of the letters "e" and "t" in et, Latin for "and". In proper German it is allowed only as a part of company names. It is also called "das kaufmännische Und" or "das Kaufmanns-Und", but never "das geschäftliche Und". I have never heard die 'das...'-variants in Germany or in communication with Germans (Swiss or Austrians) but mostly 'Geschäftliches Und' The only competitor has been 'Et-Zeichen' It is, as you say, AFAIK only used as part of company names. Mats | |
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Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 20:00 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ...
Mats Wiman wrote: In English (UK and US?) it's 'ampersand', Afrikaans: ampersand OR en-teken (literally "and sign"). ZA English: ampersand OR and sign | | | Susanna Martoni Italy Local time: 20:00 Member (2009) Spanish to Italian + ...
We call it "E commerciale". Ciao | | |
Ampersand, but 'en-teken' or 'et-teken' is used as well. | | | Nikita Kobrin Lithuania Local time: 21:00 Member (2010) English to Russian + ...
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