SmoothSeas
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who knew, eh...?
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Alligatorob
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The (Old) 27th Letter of the English Alphabet
It’s true. Our modern, English alphabet, used to have 27 letters!Do you know what the 27th letter was?
et.
“Et” was the 27th letter of the alphabet. And actually, you can still find it on your keyboard!
“&”
Now most people call this character an “ampersand” or simply “and”, but this character was actually considered a letter!
@Pink Biz there was a bar just off the LSU campus that had one of those in its bathroom. Not so fancy as the one in the picture. Amazon sells the one in your picture.
hollydolly
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..as in Et Tu Brute... Latin for ''And You Brutus'' ... well known line from Shakespeare
Alligatorob
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Yep, apparently it was the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Widely used into the 1800s.
Michael Z
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And it (et) meant you should "phone home".
hollydolly
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is this true ?... 2 questions.. how did he get planning permission for that... and who set it on fire ?
It's true! There are videos about it and various articles too. Here's the wiki link.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Burgess's_Treehouse