Latin letters

[adoherty@domain.elided (Adam Doherty)]

In a previous Digest (sorry, still catching up):

"From: "Jacob Haagerup" <alfakroehl@domain.elided>
Subject: Re: Y?

Not to kick a dead mule into a pulp over this ongoing spelling discussion
but with regards to Jano, Yugoslavia is indeed spelt with a J as in
Jugoslavia in Italian. J is used very little but it does crop up 
sometimes -
in particular in names where Juventus jumps to mind. The J is also known
waaay back from Latin where it made an occasional appearance and upon which
modern Italian is arguably based."

Jacob, Latin has no "J." "I" is used for "I" and "J."

I'm full of cocktail party tidbits. 10 years of Latin tends to do that I 
guess....

AD


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