Senior and Junior. Two Latin words meaning ‘the elder’ and ‘the younger’. Normally it’s straightforward, but here's a cautionary tale.

When you look at old books into the 1600’s, it looks like they mixed u and v up with abandon. Originally, there had only been one letter.

Why do we dot our i's? Minims! Old English and old German writing and printing added the dot to decipher which letter was which. Read on!