And I mislabeled it in the title. It is the tironian et Someone else told me “The Tironian ‘et’ is part of Tironian notation (notae Tironianae), a set of 1000s of signs (Tironian shorthand) from the 1st century BC. They were invented by Tiro, personal secretary to Cicero. They entered Irish orthography upon the adoption of the Roman alphabet (5th C. AD)” so Ireland is keeping a Roman shorthand alive
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I only found out about this today and found a Stan Carey post on them [https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/the-tironian-et-in-galway-ireland/](https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/09/18/the-tironian-et-in-galway-ireland/)
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And I mislabeled it in the title. It is the tironian et Someone else told me “The Tironian ‘et’ is part of Tironian notation (notae Tironianae), a set of 1000s of signs (Tironian shorthand) from the 1st century BC. They were invented by Tiro, personal secretary to Cicero. They entered Irish orthography upon the adoption of the Roman alphabet (5th C. AD)” so Ireland is keeping a Roman shorthand alive
oh and we stand on Tironians everyday [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_for_Posts_and_Telegraphs)
An spéisiúl ar fad! Grma for sharing.
My Irish teacher used it all the time. It’s the Irish version of & he said.
Nice!! Thanks