Talk:&c

RFV discussion: September 2019–April 2020

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The missing dot looks like a New English mistake. --Tybete (talk) 10:43, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

There are two pointless occurrences in the caption of this portrait of Queen Charlotte, c.1761–1766; the third “&c” is followed by a dot, but this is more likely the full stop at the end of a complete phrase. Two more in the title of this book from 1814, and three more in the title of this book from 1863.  --Lambiam 11:16, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Picture: It looks like "&c,&c, &c ." and could also be explained by "&c.," becoming "&c,". Anyway, all three examples are New English which isn't RFVed and not Middle English. --Tybete (talk) 11:42, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

I guess I do not get what you mean by “a New English mistake”.  --Lambiam 11:33, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

The link in the header of this thread points to the Middle English section, so I assume that it's the dotless Middle English form, not the modern English (= "New English") form that's being questioned. —Mahāgaja · talk 12:19, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Should RFV's for Middle English be in RFV:Non-English? Andrew Sheedy (talk) 15:05, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

• @Lambian: It looks like someone missed the dot in Middle English &c. like some people do in New English (&c. sometimes becoming &c). Similar how some people miss spaces in abbreviations (U. S. A. vs. U.S.A. vs. USA).
• Of course the Middle English entry is questioned, else it would be {{rfv|en}} with discussion at WT:RFVE.
• @Andrew Sheedy: Wiktionary talk:Requests for verification/English#Old English and Middle English, WT:English entry guidelines (it's basically saying WT's "English" is New English).

--Tybete (talk) 08:24, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

RFV-deleted — surjection ⟨??⟩ 13:30, 21 April 2020 (UTC)