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> It is a “i” and not a “j”. **J**ulius Caesar said … Why not "Iulius Caesar", for consistency? :-) In any case, English may not be the right language to bick
by Radim 5y ago
> It is a “i” and not a “j”. **J**ulius Caesar said …
Why not "Iulius Caesar", for consistency? :-)
In any case, English may not be the right language to bicker about spelling and pronunciation in. It sports one of the most idiosyncratic orthographic systems in existence.
English also has a long history of butchering names, words and sounds, including its own (e.g. the Great Vowel Shift [0]). Iulius vs Julius is the least of its worries.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift
- mkl 5y agoApparently it was "IVLIVS CAESAR": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Caesar_(name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Caesar_(name), https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/27145/julius-caesar-original-name-spelling https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/27145/julius...