According to the Immortal Society, today is J Day. 10 things you might not know about the letter J:
The letter J started life as a flourish on the last “i” in a Roman numeral, also known as a swash. For example, XXIIJ or xxiij instead of XXIII or xxiii for the Roman numeral twenty-three.
It was the last letter to be added to the alphabet. Originally, 'I' and 'J' were different shapes for the same letter. J was first distinguished as having a different sound by Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550). The first books in English to make a distinction were the King James Bible in 1629 and an English grammar book published in 1633.
It’s pronounced differently in Romance and Germanic languages. Romance languages tend to pronounce it “dg” as in “edge” while in Germanic languages it’s pronounced “y”.
In the Italian language, J only ever appears in proper nouns, Latin words or words borrowed from other languages.
In English, J is the fourth least frequently used letter after Z, Q and X. That said, J is more common in personal names.
J is the only letter which doesn’t appear on the Periodic Table.
Neither does it appear in any numbers in the English language. Neither, incidentally, do K or Z.
In the Metric system, J is the symbol for the joule, the SI derived unit for energy.
The narrator of Jerome K. Jerome's novel Three Men in a Boat is known simply as “J”.
"J" Is for Judgment is the tenth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 1993.
Character birthday
Margarita Harravitch, a nursery maid for the Galorvian royal family who helped the twin princesses, Jade and Gloria, escape when the palace was attacked by rebels.
From A Jack To A King
A royal palace is burning. The King and Queen are dead. The only hopes for an ancient dynasty flee to England for their lives.
A boy runs from his mother and the people he believes want to mutilate him, and vanishes, seemingly forever.
Gary Winchcombe, the experimental "super-cop" pursues a notorious gang of bank robbers, and starts to discover that his friends and neighbours have secrets he never could have imagined.
Tod Reynard wants to turn his life around. When he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Jade, he knows she might just be the one to help him change his life for the better. He cannot possibly know just how much.
When Jade's twin sister Gloria is kidnapped, old rivalries must be put aside and new associations formed in order to save Gloria's life and restore the rightful order of things.
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