is there a name for the period, dot (whatever it's called) on top of the letter "i" or the letter "j"?
2006-07-24 05:42:32 · 24 answers · asked by John 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
YES. Omg - my teacher had that as one of our extra credit questions on a test. I'm going to go find it - hold on.
Tittle! Yay I found it.
The dot on the top of an I or J is called a tittle.
2006-07-24 05:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by Oneofthesedays 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A tittle.
This is best known from the phrase of Jesus, "Not one jot or tittle" will leave the original law of God until the end of the world, regardless of the work of Jesus. I doubt you will ever see either of these words used in that sense, outside of that quote (it was after all from almost 400 years ago). This figuratively means that no part of the law will change.
A "jot" is the Greek letter iota or the Aramaic letter yodh, the smallest letter (equivalent to our letter i). A tittle is a hook or mark over an Aramaic letter that affects its pronuncation, and got absorbed into English as either any small diacritic (like the accent over résumé) or more simply, the dot over the i and j.
2006-07-24 12:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by geofft 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is called a tittle - which means a small distinguishing mark, such as or the dot over an i. It first appeared in Latin manuscripts in the 11th century, to distinguish the letter i from strokes of nearby letters. Although originally a larger mark, it was reduced to a dot when Roman-style typefaces were introduced.
2006-08-01 06:49:34 · answer #3 · answered by ginabgood1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes:
This is best known from the phrase of Jesus, "Not one jot or tittle" will leave the original law of God until the end of the world, regardless of the work of Jesus. I doubt you will ever see either of these words used in that sense, outside of that quote (it was after all from almost 400 years ago). This figuratively means that no part of the law will change.
A "jot" is the Greek letter iota or the Aramaic letter yodh, the smallest letter (equivalent to our letter i). A tittle is a hook or mark over an Aramaic letter that affects its pronuncation, and got absorbed into English as either any small diacritic (like the accent over résumé) or more simply, the dot over the i and j.
2006-07-31 10:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by sulaiman s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2006-07-24 12:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Eden* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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.
2006-07-24 12:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by All I Hear Is Blah Blah Blah... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say its a dot b//c when i was in middle school the teachers always said dont forget to dot your ies.
2006-07-24 13:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by yaya t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dot!
2006-08-01 11:29:45 · answer #8 · answered by thebman220 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope just part of the letter
2006-07-24 12:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by at home dad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a tittle.
2006-07-25 02:22:45 · answer #10 · answered by sidnee_marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋