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

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sam - nope, that's a "titter." :)

I care not one jot nor tittle for this fact.

By Mark Hadfield (not verified) on 28 Nov 2006 #permalink

I went looking for definitions of jot to see if it was related in some way, and found:

Jot
or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.

So an i is a jot and a tittle.

That's just idle tittle-tattle.

I did know that because my last name is Tittel! And everyone misspells it Tittle...