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re: Without looking it up do you know why the lowercase J has a dot?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:17 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:17 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
The lowercase l looks more like a stray mark than a j.
Exactly. So why are we doing it for the j?
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Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:22 pm to weagle99
I looked it up.
quote:LINK because I think the Oxford Dictionary has more credibility than an internet website based on some dude's understanding.
The dot is just called superscript dot. It was added to the letter i in the Middle Ages to distinguish the letter (in manuscripts) from adjacent vertical strokes in such letters as u, m, and n. J is a variant form of i which emerged at this time and subsequently became a separate letter
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:29 pm to weagle99
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled
Matthew 5:18
Matthew 5:18
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:40 pm to weagle99
quote:The Big English lobby has been pushing this j thing for a while. You've got an uphill battle
Downvotes from people who have been controlled by Big English
Posted on 8/28/18 at 5:44 pm to OweO
quote:You couldn’t feel him do it?
Tittle my balls.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 6:27 pm to weagle99
We should go back to using a lowercase"f" for an S.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:01 pm to weagle99
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:03 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
The hell you say?
You getting royalties from that shite?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:27 pm to real turf fan
[/img]Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:04 pm to weagle99
Jot
Only context tittle in my life Until now
Every jot and tittle
J jot without tittle
Only context tittle in my life Until now
Every jot and tittle
J jot without tittle
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:53 pm to weagle99
Holy shite this is an awful gd thread
Posted on 8/28/18 at 9:44 pm to weagle99
It’s time to get rid of the semi colon too. It’s not even a real colon. So what if it’s stronger than a comma, even a question mark can kick a comma’s arse.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:04 pm to weagle99
Posted on 8/29/18 at 4:15 am to weagle99
quote:
It is called a tittle.
I thought it was lumped in with the more general diacritic dot which made the Indian comment even funnier (up voted)
Y A Tittle post was good too so you deserve an up vote as well
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:35 am to weagle99
Because my kindergarten teacher said it did. I
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