OT: Undotted ı (was OT: Dvorak)
From: | ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> |
Date: | Friday, July 25, 2008, 22:05 |
Mark Reed/Dana have written:
>
> > [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
>
> > Hadn't noticed any dotless I's. What types of sign, in what part of
> > the state? I'm looking at a sign for "Hawkins Store Rd" and the I is
> > definitely dotted.
>
>Keep looking. As a local you probably know your way around enough that you
>don't pay much attention to signs. I've noticed this all over the state
>(I-75, I-85/285, I-95) but its not consistent, nor confined to any area. I
>just got back home from Atlanta a little while ago and saw plenty of <ı>'s
>in Georgıa.
Assuming it's a sporadic feature, I'd guess that some of the fun locals have
been using the dot for target practice.............:-)))))