diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/text/cleaners.py b/TTS/tts/utils/text/cleaners.py
index a13d30f5..68bbc389 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/text/cleaners.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/text/cleaners.py
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ def remove_aux_symbols(text):
 def replace_symbols(text, lang='en'):
     text = text.replace(';', ',')
     text = text.replace('-', ' ')
-    text = text.replace(':', ' ')
+    text = text.replace(':', ',')
     if lang == 'en':
-        text = text.replace('&', 'and')
+        text = text.replace('&', ' and ')
     elif lang == 'fr':
         text = text.replace('&', ' et ')
     elif lang == 'pt':