2007-06-03 13:25:58 · 19 answers · asked by James 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
the eye of the I
2007-06-03 13:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by Helpa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is not actually a dot at all. Its the eye of god and it see all!! Thats how that letter got its name. So, when you read porn watch out because gods watching!!! Well, unless there are no lower case "i"s then you are ok to go for a turn or two!!
2007-06-03 20:35:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody else has said this and I don't remember where it came from, but I've always thought the dot of an i was called a jot and the cross of the t was referred to as a tittle.
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2007-06-03 21:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called the dot on top of the lower case i.
2007-06-03 20:29:12 · answer #4 · answered by Vanessa ♥ 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently it's called a diacritic mark or a dot.
"When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot is usually reserved for the Interpunct ( · ), or to the glyphs 'combining dot above' ( Ì )" but as previously stated, it's usually a sousaphone player in the Ohio State marching band.
Go Buckeyes!!!
2007-06-03 20:28:14 · answer #5 · answered by ©2009 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The dot is just called a superscript dot. it was added to the letter i in the middle ages to distinguish it from other letters :)
2007-06-03 20:29:34 · answer #6 · answered by cant§touch§this™ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are really serious-it is a dot. If it was at the end of a sentence, it would be a full-stop.
2007-06-03 20:29:44 · answer #7 · answered by Highly Favoured 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"tittle" is basically an all inclusive description of those little marks above letters. Thing is, the lowercase [i] would not be a lowercase [i] without the dot which tells me that the dot is actually a PART of that letter.
2007-06-03 20:29:08 · answer #8 · answered by rhardfrumnc 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
How about dot!
2007-06-03 20:28:23 · answer #9 · answered by mdboomskwad.mc4u 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-06-03 20:43:31 · answer #10 · answered by Denis 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is called a tittle or a dot.
2007-06-03 20:28:21 · answer #11 · answered by Kuji 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋