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A mark resembling a small seven, standing for 'and' in Latin and Irish.
Also known as: Tironian sign, Irish and sign, Agus sign
The Tironian et is a mark shaped like a small seven or a reversed r, standing for 'and'. It comes from the Tironian notes, a Roman shorthand traditionally credited to Cicero's secretary, and it is the one element of that system still in everyday public use: it is the standard 'agus' on Irish road signs, shop fronts and official documents. Readers who do not know it take it for a numeral seven, which is the commonest misreading of any surviving shorthand mark.
Stands for the word 'and', and descends from the Tironian notes, a Roman shorthand system traditionally credited to Cicero's secretary Tiro.
From Roman antiquity · Contexts: History
Remains in everyday public use in Ireland, where it is the standard written form of 'agus' on road signs, shop fronts and official documents — the only element of the Tironian system most people will ever see.
Ireland · Contexts: History, Public information
Is regularly misread as the numeral seven by readers unfamiliar with it, which on a bilingual road sign produces a confidently wrong reading of a place name.
Contexts: Public information
A short horizontal stroke at the top turning down into a descending stroke, giving a form close to a small numeral seven with a flattened top.
Both stand for the word 'and' and one of them looks like a numeral.