What Is The Name For The Dot Over The Letter ' i ' ?

Question

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How Great & Rich Is Our English Language !

Unlike Most Languages, It has a Name For Almost

Everything Under The Sun! May be, Over It Too!

Can you give the Name?
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Answer 1

Actually, there are at least two possible answers:

1) "tittle"
- a term that can be used for various small diacritics (that is, marks used to distinguish letters, words, etc)
- comes from Latin "titulus", referring to something written on top, and the same word from which we get "title"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tittle

2) "superscript dot"
- that's according to the Oxford English Dictionary folks!
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutsymbols/dot?view=uk

Answer 2

It's called a 'tittle', but I didn't answer this Q as an echo of the others.

There was a famous football player named 'Tittle' - period !!

Y.A. TITTLE - YELBERTON ABRAHAM TITTLE.

Played for the NY Giants. Just for you knowledge-crazy Y!Aers - I just know that you needed this !!

Answer 3

The dot over the i or j is called a tittle. In grammatical terms, it is a diacritic. A diacritic over any letter, as an accent or vowel mark, may also be called a tittle.

Answer 4

age 4

Answer 5

tittle is the correct of the dot over the i.

Answer 6

It is called a tit-le....It proves that even the smallest of us are important enough to have a name! The tittle! :)

Answer 7

That's called a "tittle." and no, I am not joking.

Answer 8

Thanks to Mark B. I never can remember what that dot is called. Now, I will think of the great Y.A. Tittle, and will remember!

Answer 9

I like to call it a love button. Who cares what the real name is.