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Why does alphabet "i" & "j" alone have a dot above , while no other alphabet have'em ?

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Asked By: in10RjFox 36-40, M  6 months ago

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  1. SecretsofWillow - 18-21 years old - female

    Posted by SecretsofWillow Nov 22nd, 2012 at 11:41AM

    It's a different letter thus has a different appearance like any other alphabet.

    It's called a tittle, by the way.

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  2. in10RjFox - 36-40 years old - male

    Reply by in10RjFox Nov 22nd, 2012 at 11:50AM

    Nice to learn about tittle. Thanks.

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  3. jssp - 41-45 years old - female

    Posted by jssp Nov 22nd, 2012 at 11:27AM

    Well that's in English, how about in German, French & other languages? lol

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  4. in10RjFox - 36-40 years old - male

    Reply by in10RjFox Nov 22nd, 2012 at 11:32AM

    well in other languages they play a role in phonetics I suppose, but here its just an ornament.

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  5. jssp - 41-45 years old - female

    Reply by jssp Nov 22nd, 2012 at 11:40AM

    Yeah.. May be to make more clear between lowercase l & Caps I I am still thinking about j lol

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