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no i will get left behind

If I am writing and I dot an i, if it’s not obviously visible, I HAVE to go back and re-dot it. Even if I am in the middle of a class lecture, and the professor talks really fast, I still find the time to go back and re-dot it. And I HATE it when my professors write on the board and either forget to dot the i, or you can barely see the dot, or the dot is too far away. I end up looking at it until it gets erased.

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9 Comments
tags: ritual, writing

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  Ami says:

  I never realized I do this myself…

  - November 20th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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  ihoj says:

  If you’re so neurotic about it, you should know that the dot is called a “tittle.”

  - November 22nd, 2009 at 12:50 am
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  alexi says:

  How would you know that the dot is called a tittle just because you get bothered by it not being there or in the wrong place? The nuerosis is about the dot itself not what it’s called.

  - November 23rd, 2009 at 9:19 am
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  Di says:

  I actually did know that it’s called a tittle. But since most people do not bother themselves with information like that, I thought it’d be more relatable to just say “dot.” The site is called iamneurotic.com, not i-like-to-use-my-useless-knowledge-to-condescend-people.com.

  - November 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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  Clerk says:

  this is cute. i knew someone who couldn’t stand incomplete o’s or a’s or e’s. i also knew someone who would write the tittle first then complete the rest .

  - December 1st, 2009 at 4:13 am
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  concur says:

  I completely understand, for some reason that bothers me too; it’s like it’s not an i if the dot is missing.

  - December 5th, 2009 at 3:24 am