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The dot over the i was added to help with legibility. The reason a j has a dot, it that at one time in history, it was actually an i, that was later converted into a separate letter.
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What do you call the period in the letter i?
a dot
What does the little dot above a letter represent?
a penis
What is the dot on the lowercase i called?
My friend, you are in for a treat: That tiny little dot is, I kid you not, called a tittle. It comes from the Latin word titulus, which means inscription or heading. The humble tittle started off as a larger mark in 11th century Latin manuscripts, helping to differentiate the letters, and shrunk to the dot we know and love with the invention of typeface in the 1400s. The word is seldom used today, which is a real shame, but it does have ties to the phrase "to a T"—it started off as "to a tittle." I don't know about you, but I think we should bring it back.
Which letters of the alphabet have a title?
A tittle is the nane of the dot over the small case letters i and j and q and o
Dublin was known as Dubh Linn which means black pool in Irish but why did they call Dublin black pool?
Dubh Linn was the original Irish meaning black pool, it came to be slightly mispelt the bh written as a b with a dot above it, this was lost and the two words joined.
What do you call the dot above the j?
Tittle
What are the dots above j and you called?
the dot above the j is call a jot, as in 'last jot and tidle'. there is nothing above a u
What is the name of the dot above the letters i and j?
The dot above the lowercase "i" and "j" is known as a tittle.
What is called the top dot of i?
A dot above a letter is known as a 'diacritic dot'. The common name for the diacritic dot above an i or a j is a 'tittle'.
What is the dot above the j in English lower case?
A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot on a lowercase i or j. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tittle
Is the word tittle Greek or Hebrew?
Neither. The word "tittle" referring to a dot above the letter i or j, is from Medieval Latin.
When was J-Tull Dot Com created?
J-Tull Dot Com was created on 1999-08-23.
What is the dot in i and j called?
A tittle
Is the dot above the i?
Yes, it is above the I in a lowercase I.
What is the dot over i and j called?
A tittle.
What do you call the extension after the dot for example dot com dot net dot org?
commercial for com
What do you call dot dot dot i.e. ....?
that would be called an "ellipsis."It is called ellipsis.
