Today I learnt that an "I" can't really be an i, and a "J" can't really be a j without its tittle.
What's a tittle you ask? (and even if you don't ask, I'm going to tell you).
A tittle is the small dot above the i and the j, it's used as punctuation or as a diacritic.
And this is what a diacritic is:
Who knew these funny symbols had a name? I think they give so much character to the letter.
The accent acute and the accent grave look angry. (Why am I writing this backwards you ask? Because I learned about these in French, who happen to say things backwards and for some reason I say accent egg-u)
The cedilla looks very exotic.
The accent circumflex and the tilde look like mustaches.
And that folks, is the end of the todays lesson.
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