What's the name of this punctuation mark?

I’ve never seen that before. In what context, and what language, is it used?

I’m pretty sure you’re correct in that it is a variation of the ampersand.

It looks like a bastardized ampersand.

@downtide English, mostly in written notes. I use it all the time when I’m jotting down notes.

It’s that backwards-e ‘and’ symbol, right?
not &, not +, but that other one
I dunno what it’s called but that’s the symbol you’re wanting the name of, right?
...it’s bothering me too a bit now!

…wow edit: just realized your picture was a forwards-e… guess I’ve been staring at the screen for too long…

An ampersand can be written as a backwards E or (what looks like) a 3 with a vertical line drawn through it. I’m assuming the two dots are meant to signify the vertical line, thus making this an ampersand.

@DancingMind Yes. It looks like a backwards 3 with dots above and below it. That’s the symbol I want the name of.

Do you use it to mean “and”? An ambersand is actually the mashup of “e” and “t” which is the latin word for “and”.

@TheLadyEve I’m a little confused now. If your answer to @downtide is “English, mostly in written notes. I use it all the time when I’m jotting down notes” why don’t you already know what it means? If you use it all the time? Have I missed something?

@lillycoyote it means “and.” I think OP just wants to know what the symbol is called.

@lillycoyote I know what it means, it means “and”. I just want to know the name of it. Like how ”...” is an ellipses or ”&” is the ampersand (not “the and symbol”)

If it means “and”, it’s an ampersand. And one funky one at that.

@Kraigmo Really? Gosh, I know tons of people who use it…

@TheLadyEve , there’s a thousand ways to make them. But they’re all ampersands. They probably vary by area the way other things in life do.

Here’s 365 variations right here

Maybe, It’s an Epsilon.. but modified epsilon.

Very cool @Kraigmo.

It’s similar to the way I write an ampersand. Little line down, backwards 3, little line from the bottom (as opposed to a line straight through). Though with my handwriting it just looks like a squiggle. I’ve been doing it so long I don’t remember where I learned it.

http://ampersandampersand.tumblr.com/post/1086574526/hermes-regular

dunno why youd make it dots, when a line is much easier, and & is the easiest.

That’s how I write my ampersand.

@The_Idler It’s how I was taught, and now it’s way easier than changing it.

@squirbel You write it like me??!!!???

Yeah… the real ampersand is so ugly~~~ ^.^

Plus I can’t write it right ._____.

Except i use little lines instead of dots >.<

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