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    71 day ago

    yes, if I am not wrong, very early writings used something else, but as printing was becoming common, they wanted to use something from standard typewriter keys, and x was a good option (it also helps even the wear out i think)

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      41 day ago

      I think they used whole sentences back in the days and it was in the printing press era that they started abbreviating things to letters and symbols