Nearly, but not quite, the same. In 16thC texts (and many earlier and later) 'i' is usually used within a word, 'j' at the end. In numerals, it's easier to count up the strokes accurately if the last one has a tail.
best wishes, Katherine On 3/7/07, Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Sean Smith wrote: > > > Are there any plausible latin phrases based on "ij"? > > As far as I know, it means "iterate item"; letters i and j were quite > the same in printing in those days. > > All the best, > > Arto > > PS Once upon a time one singer was singing a baroque song telling > about crusifixation of Jesus. And he interpreted the "ij" being a > sound that came from J. while being tortured on the cross. And he sang > those letters! And this is not an urban legend, I heard it... ;) > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html> > --
