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The Tironian et was a scribal abbreviation for the Latin word et; it was used for centuries across Europe, but finally died out and was replaced with & in almost all languages. The exception wa...
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Why did the Tironian et survive in Irish, when it died out everywhere else?
The Tironian et was a scribal abbreviation for the Latin word _et_; it was used for centuries across Europe, but finally died out and was replaced with & in almost all languages. The exception was Irish (and perhaps also Scottish Gaelic), where the Tironian et survives to this day, and can be found on road signs: > Íoc ⁊ Taispeáin > Pay & Display