# Lack of dot over"i" ends in two violent deaths

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910 "2008-05-28T18:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/1 "2008-05-28T18:11:08Z")

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[Seriously](http://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-two-people-puts-three-more-in-jail)!

I found this on my newest web addiction: [Veer](https://www.veer.com/)

[Another fun thing I found there.](http://flickr.com/photos/robotjohnny/sets/72157604523599953/)

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/2 "2008-05-28T18:44:46Z")

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How…Shakespearean.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/3 "2008-05-28T18:49:02Z")

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I loved this line:

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> Alternatively, the press could ask for banning knives from the homes of demonstrably stupid people.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/4 "2008-05-28T18:57:35Z")

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Looks like it was more the _presence_ of a dot over the I when there shouldn’t have been one.

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/5 "2008-05-28T19:11:39Z")

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Doubly stupid, assuming this isn’t bullshit, is that the guy meant sıkısınc **a** and the woman and her father _both_ read it as sikisinc **e**. Interesting that they apparently think the terminal “a” was a spelling error but the missing dot was a deliberate (and rather non sequitur) insult.

I guess it just proves that old spelling adage, “closed i after e, except when they are fucking you.”

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-dot-over-i-ends-in-two-violent-deaths/450910/6 "2008-05-28T19:33:35Z")

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That’s just nuts. I’m going through a divorce right now, and while I expect things to heat up a little bit I can’t see they are fucking you when all we need to do is get a little space.

Ridiculous.