Re: [X] vs. [x]

Philippe Caquant scripsit:

> My wife didn't know the word "palochka" being used for
> "I", although she's Ukrainian, and Ukrainian alphabet,
> like Bielorussian, uses I.
Ukrainian-Byelorussian I/i is not the same as palochka --
in particular, the U-B letter (which is the legitimate
descendant of Greek iota, as reversed-N is of Greek eta)
has separate case forms, which palochka does not.  Palochka
is used *only* as a diacritic, never as anything else.

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