Don’t know who (not Ed Sheeran) made these symbols up! (Hinglish)

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Why does “+” mean add? What even is “@”? And why did school kids accidentally name the ampersand?

In this episode, we deep-dive into the bizarre origin stories of the everyday symbols we type, tap, and totally take for granted, from ancient math hacks and monk scribbles to the merchant roots of the @ sign and the absolute chaos behind the humble equal sign.

Also featuring: toddler mispronunciations, Alan Tudyk appreciation, and an asterisk that might just represent your... well, you’ll find out.

Important links:

https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Miller/mathsym/operation/

https://www.scribendi.com/academy/articles/common_symbols.en.html

Don’t Know, Do Care is the brainchild of Ashmita, Sandy, and Prakhar, three friends from different backgrounds and interests. Ashmita works in sustainability, Sandy's an entrepreneur (puke) who’d rather not be, and Prakhar works with Sandy and is just trying to make sense of it all.

Three mildly confused friends, one weirdly specific topic each week. We don’t know much, but we care just enough to talk about it for up to an hour each week.

Don’t Know, Do Care is produced by "Ghar Pe Productions", edited by Prakhar and Sandy, critiqued (thoroughly) by Ashmita, and enjoyed mostly by our friends. Thanks for giving us a listen!

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