adhd_traco@piefed.social to Poetry@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoAmanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti "Murdered by I.C.E January 24"media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11
arrow-up181arrow-down1imageAmanda Gorman, For Alex Jeffrey Pretti "Murdered by I.C.E January 24"media.piefed.socialadhd_traco@piefed.social to Poetry@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareadhd_traco@piefed.socialOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoDoes anyone know what that symbol is “Love your people (?) you will die”. I’d like to know for certain, so I can make proper alt-text.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoLooks like the font + italics is rendering the ampersand (&) weird. At least too me it just looks like a really fancy ampersand.
minus-squaremisericordiae@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoYeah, it’s just a fancy ampersand. The wiki article has examples of similar-looking ones, if OP wants to confirm.
minus-squarecazssiew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoIf you look higher up in the article you’ll see the ampersand is actually a stylized representation of the Latin word ‘et’, which is a lot clearer when looking at the one in the poem.
Does anyone know what that symbol is “Love your people (?) you will die”. I’d like to know for certain, so I can make proper alt-text.
Looks like the font + italics is rendering the ampersand (&) weird. At least too me it just looks like a really fancy ampersand.
Yeah, it’s just a fancy ampersand. The wiki article has examples of similar-looking ones, if OP wants to confirm.
If you look higher up in the article you’ll see the ampersand is actually a stylized representation of the Latin word ‘et’, which is a lot clearer when looking at the one in the poem.
Thank you both :)
yeah, that’s an ampersand