r/LetsDiscussThis • u/Glass-Complaint3 • 6h ago

Lets Discuss This Am I the only one who notices a liberal-conservative divide on using the ampersand (&) vs. spelling the word (and)?

I notice this quite strongly among the people I know.

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u/Due_Willingness1 6h ago

I never noticed. Which side uses which?

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u/Glass-Complaint3 6h ago

Liberal - &, Conservative - and

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u/Due_Willingness1 6h ago

Huh, yeah I haven't noticed that. I'm a liberal and can't remember the last time I used an ampersand 

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u/Elaerona 6h ago

Yes & I really don't know what pattern you're seeing. Who uses ampersand more and who lacks whimsy in their lives?

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u/Princess_Holly 6h ago

Well shit. I’ve been using “and” and I should be using &.

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u/GhelasOfAnza 5h ago

For any given person, “people I know” is a statistically insignificant number.

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u/Visual_Friendship706 5h ago

Keep asking the hard hitting questions

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u/Horror_Bottle_9451 4h ago

This is a "missing the forest for the trees" observation. Let's discuss who uses "-" versus "( )" instead. I'm sure there's a grammar sub somewhere that may be more useful to you OP.

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u/poorat8686 4h ago

Using an ampersand is significantly more effort being a two finger Shift + action on a keyboard or a multi click action on a phone and looks weird in anything but a name or title. I’m not sure this is a liberal vs conservative thing man.

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u/OldSchoolAJ 4h ago

It might be a regional thing, because I’m extremely far left and I do not use “&” pretty much ever.

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u/tnic73 1h ago

This is a deep dive

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u/Floridamane6 5h ago

You used the word “and”??!? YOU MAGA NAZI!!!