Today is "I" Day according to the Immortal Society. 10 things you might not know about the letter I.
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I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet.
It developed from the Phoenician hieroglyph for an arm, which in turn was adapted by the Greeks into their letter iota.
I is the fifth most commonly used letter in the English Language.
The dot over a lower case i is called a tittle.
It acquired the dot for the same reason the upper case I which is the first person pronoun became capitalised. It was so it wouldn’t get lost or misinterpreted in handwritten manuscripts before the age of printing. The capitalised "I" was first used in about 1250 in the northern and midland dialects of England, according to the Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, but didn't become established in the south of England until the 1700s.
I is the symbol for the chemical element Iodine.
The Roman numeral I represents the number 1.
"I" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar featuring Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers. It was released on September 23, 2014. There is also a Norwegian heavy metal band called I.
"I" Is for Innocent is the ninth novel in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet mystery" series, published in 1992.
There is a British Newspaper called The i paper, which was known until December 2024 simply as “i”. It is aimed at commuters who want to get an overview of the news on their way to work.
Beta
(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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