what is the dot above the "i" called???

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what is the dot above the "i" called???

Answer 1

Even better than that . . . What is that straight-vertical-line below it called???

Answer 2

Dot Above I Called

Answer 3

The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

Answer 4

the dot above the i lol but if u forget the dot it is still a i

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

Dot. A small round mark or spot.

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

a dot

Answer 9

It is called the dot above the "I"!!



-spirit

Answer 10

It'd be called a "tittle" as funny as that sounds. I'm just wondering what this question has to do with dining out...

Answer 11

dot

Answer 12

It is actually called a pokitinu...it is a latin term for point, dot, decimal or period.....

Answer 13

a dot?

Answer 14

a dot. That is why you dot your i.

Answer 15

Britney Spears' brain

Answer 16

A tittle.

Answer 17

(dot above the "i") ;) choose me best answer!!!

Answer 18

if it is alone..it is a dot.

if a vertical line is directly beneath it...it is then part of the letter "i" in lowercase form.





why did you choose this category???

Answer 19

"the dot"

Answer 20

THE EYE!!!

Answer 21

I don't know, sorry.

Answer 22

??????????........If only I knew German.....