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		Wevah on July 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pronunciation Guide for Unix If that page is correct, it’s because Donald Duck is called Anders And in Danish(!).

madmoose on July 1, 2022 [–]

He is indeed called Anders And but the only name I know in Danish for & is "og-tegn" (and-sign).

We don't call it ampersand because that comes from the English "and per se and".

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