In fact, the name “ampersand” was created by, of all people, children. Until the mid-1800s, most British and American students recited an alphabet not of 26 characters, but of 27.

The ampersand used to be a kind of 27th letter, at least for educational purposes: it was included at the end of students’ recitation of the alphabet. That’s actually how the symbol & got its ...

Tomorrow is Ampersand Day, and so we’ve curated a few cool facts and fun things to do around this important symbol in literature that is referred to as the 27th letter of the alphabet ...

The "&" was first seen in Pompeian graffiti in first century A.D. and rose in popularity until ampersand was added to the dictionary in 1837. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Lifestyle The ...

The & symbol used to be the 27th letter We've all had it drilled into our heads from the beginning of primary school that the alphabet starts with ABC and ends in Z, but one TikToker has now ...