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"A tittle is originally a small mark either on or in a letter, i.e. it may be part of the letter or it may be a diacritic (accent) near it."

It is also the "... tiniest bit; an iota," per the American Heritage Dictionary.

The little dot over a lower case "i" is sometimes referred to as a tittle, and sometimes as a dot. Go figure.

Tittle-tattle is not related: "Tittle-tattle is a varied reduplication of tattle, which derives from Medieval Dutch tatelen, to babble." (at least according to Dictionary.com).

Message edited on: 06/07/2005 11:14