http://www.word-detective.com/2011/05/to-a-t/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/05/to-a-t/comment-page-1/#comment-39284 Herbert Wed, 09 May 2012 12:54:31 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4841#comment-39284 I see a year has passed since, but for future reference for anybody, New Testament Matthew 5 verses 17 to 18, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled, E&OE. If anyone can find any earlier reference, I shall keep looking. I see a year has passed since, but for future reference for anybody, New Testament Matthew 5 verses 17 to 18, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled, E&OE. If anyone can find any earlier reference, I shall keep looking.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/05/to-a-t/comment-page-1/#comment-17522 OwenKL Wed, 04 May 2011 19:59:02 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4841#comment-17522 A bit of folk etymology, I suppose, but I had thought that in "jot & tittle" that one was specifically the dot on the lowercase i, and the other specifically the crossbar on the t. Possibly a variation "dot and tilde". A bit of folk etymology, I suppose, but I had thought that in “jot & tittle” that one was specifically the dot on the lowercase i, and the other specifically the crossbar on the t. Possibly a variation “dot and tilde”.

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