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Tigher Send message Joined: 18 Mar 04 Posts: 1547 Credit: 760,577 RAC: 0 |
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Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Answers on a postcard please...... Say WHAT....? CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Misfit Send message Joined: 21 Jun 01 Posts: 21804 Credit: 2,815,091 RAC: 0 |
It's called a DOT. As in dot your i's and cross your t's. You've answered yourself in your own question. |
**fi** Send message Joined: 17 Apr 05 Posts: 177 Credit: 703 RAC: 0 |
Isnt it a tittle? randomthoughts: I glide upon the evening and dance upon the dawn with Sirius asmy guide and Canopus asmy friend Some fear the dark but with friends like Orion,Cygnus and Andromeda one needs no fear To me nature was mute, until i saw the stars |
Tigher Send message Joined: 18 Mar 04 Posts: 1547 Credit: 760,577 RAC: 0 |
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**fi** Send message Joined: 17 Apr 05 Posts: 177 Credit: 703 RAC: 0 |
YEY!!! WINNER!! (not that 'm competitive or anythin lol) randomthoughts: I glide upon the evening and dance upon the dawn with Sirius asmy guide and Canopus asmy friend Some fear the dark but with friends like Orion,Cygnus and Andromeda one needs no fear To me nature was mute, until i saw the stars |
Qui-Gon Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11 |
well done **fi**....its a tittle! Well, **fi** is correct, because a tittle is: "A small diacritic mark, such as an accent, a vowel mark, or a dot over an i", but Misfit is more accurate, as both your question and the definition call the "dot over [an] i" a dot. A tittle could be more than one thing, while the dot over an i is just that--a dot. |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
So, what you're saying Tom, is that the "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. I don't see how it could be catagorized with the tilde of other marks such as the quomlot{sp}. But, who's to argue with the king of all dictionaries, Webster's? >;-) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
**fi** Send message Joined: 17 Apr 05 Posts: 177 Credit: 703 RAC: 0 |
So, what you're saying Tom, is that the "tittle" is basically an all inclusive description of those little marks above letters? The two dots over u's in german's called an umlaut randomthoughts: I glide upon the evening and dance upon the dawn with Sirius asmy guide and Canopus asmy friend Some fear the dark but with friends like Orion,Cygnus and Andromeda one needs no fear To me nature was mute, until i saw the stars |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
Isnt it a tittle? I definitely don't have a pair of those. Dominique |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
So, what you're saying Tom, is that the "tittle" is basically an all inclusive description of those little marks above letters? I knew that, just couldn't remember the proper spelling. CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
Isnt it a tittle? Hi Dom, I don't have a pair of those either.... >:-) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
**fi** Send message Joined: 17 Apr 05 Posts: 177 Credit: 703 RAC: 0 |
So, what you're saying Tom, is that the "tittle" is basically an all inclusive description of those little marks above letters? I swear the bottom half of ya post with the reference to an umlaut in wasnt there when i first read it...god im goin mad! randomthoughts: I glide upon the evening and dance upon the dawn with Sirius asmy guide and Canopus asmy friend Some fear the dark but with friends like Orion,Cygnus and Andromeda one needs no fear To me nature was mute, until i saw the stars |
Qui-Gon Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 2940 Credit: 19,199,902 RAC: 11 |
The two dots over u's in german's called an umlaut Wouldn't it make more sense if it was spelled Ümlaüt? |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
I swear the bottom half of ya post with the reference to an umlaut in wasnt there when i first read it...god im goin mad!............ You're right, it wasn't. That's the problem with editing posts, people read the original and miss the edit, especially when replying. I tried to make it a faster edit so that would happen, but I got caught again. >;-) CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Siran d'Vel'nahr Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 7379 Credit: 44,181,323 RAC: 238 |
The two dots over u's in german's called an umlaut Hey, wait a minute! If we're going to start using the "tittles", I need to whip out my character map utility. >:-) EDIT: Oh, wait. I don't know that FreeBSD/KDE have that kind of utility. >:-/ /EDIT: CAPT Siran d'Vel'nahr - L L & P _\\// Winders 11 OS? "What a piece of junk!" - L. Skywalker "Logic is the cement of our civilization with which we ascend from chaos using reason as our guide." - T'Plana-hath |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
well done **fi**....its a tittle! I thought it was half of a small "rack". Dominique |
rattelschneck Send message Joined: 14 Apr 01 Posts: 435 Credit: 842,179 RAC: 0 |
The two dots over u's in german's called an umlaut So, please try to pronounce it. That will be fun ;) |
Fuzzy Hollynoodles Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 9659 Credit: 251,998 RAC: 0 |
The two dots over u's in german's called an umlaut LOLLLLL!!!!! "I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me |
**fi** Send message Joined: 17 Apr 05 Posts: 177 Credit: 703 RAC: 0 |
Probably but then im not German and nowhere near fluent and i havent got umlauts on my keyboard All i know is umlauts are used to replace 'e's next to the letter with the umlaut on randomthoughts: I glide upon the evening and dance upon the dawn with Sirius asmy guide and Canopus asmy friend Some fear the dark but with friends like Orion,Cygnus and Andromeda one needs no fear To me nature was mute, until i saw the stars |
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