Chester.
_"Ampers and," &c._ (Vol. viii., p. 173.).--MR. C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY
having revived this Query without apparently being aware of the previous
discussion and of MR. NICHOLL'S solution, "and _per se_ and," may I be
permitted to enter a protest against the latter mixture of English and
Latin, though fully concurring in the statement of MR. NICHOLL, that it
is a rapidly formed _et_ (&). To the variety of pronunciations already
appearing in "N. & Q.," let me add what I believe will be found to be the
most general, _empesand_, which I believe to be a corruption from _emm,
ess, and_ (MS. and) by the introduction of a _labial_, as in many other
instances. But has any one ever seen it _spelt_ till the Query appeared
in "N. & Q.," and where?