Re:Pronunciation? (Score 2, Interesting)

Actually, I almost always use "&c." as the shortened form of et cetera. That is because the ampersand (&) is actually a stylized glyph of the Latin word et 'and'. Also, in lists, "&c." is always preceded by a comma, even if you normally omit the "Oxford comma". (E.g.: one, two and three; one, two, three and others; but, one, two, three, &c..)

There is no true advantage to this, but it is merely a stylistic choice. It's also about adhering to proper standards, such as italicizing non-English words in texts when they appear, such as trompe l'oeil 'trick/deceive the eye' (literally) or et cetera (&c.), in this example.