The 27th letter of English has been found! Its number comes after Z, many people would not know!
Until 1835, the English Alphabet consisted of 27 letters: right after "Z" the 27th letter of the alphabet was ampersand (&). The English Alphabet (or Modern English Alphabet) today consists of 26 letters: 23 from Old English and 3 added later. Let us tell you about it too.
In your childhood, you must have read A, B, C, D… in school. This is the English alphabet. You must know that there are 26 letters in the English alphabet. But do you know that there was a time when the English alphabet used to have 27 letters (27th alphabet of English)? This letter used to come after Z. So then where did this last letter disappear and what was it? Let us know.
According to the report of the Daily Star News website in which it's revealed this secret. What is the 27th letter of English? It's informs that ampersand (&) was called the 27th letter of English and it was also taught in studies years ago.
According to the report of the Britannica website, ampersand first came into English in 1835 and it was used like a letter. It was taught as the 27th letter to British students of the 19th century. It is made from the Latin word 'et' which means 'end'. Actually, when students used to learn the alphabet, they used to read Q R S T U V W X Y Z &. Now, saying and (and) after Z gave the impression that another letter was going to come in the alphabet. Because of this, it started being called 'per se &', which sounded like 'ampersand' in pronunciation. In Latin language, per se means different from all or alone. Companies started using & in their names.
By the end of the 19th century, the ampersand was considered just a symbol and was separated from the alphabet. Gradually, & started being used in the names of companies as well, like ‘Marks & Spencer’, ‘Procter & Gamble’, H&M etc. It is also being used in computer programming. Did you know about this? Stay connected with comments.
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