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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Just J

Jumping Jehoshaphat before you can say Jack Robinson its time to play ABC Wednesday again. No doubt we will learn something, possibly who on earth was Jack Robinson. Was it a very volatile gentleman of that name who used to play flying visits to his neighbours, and was no sooner arriving then he was off again. Or was it a jolly Jack Tar who returned to find his love, tired of waiting, married to another, so he quickly left.

The tenth letter of the alphabet is a modern introduction, only differentiated from I in the 17th Century. It was medieval practice to lengthen the I when it was the initial letter, usually with the consonant function now assumed by J. Just think if that had not happened we would be doing K this week. However I will try not to confuse and assure and confirm this week it is indeed ... J.

So by Jove its time for high jinks, jeu d'esprit and jottings. Time to be taken on a journey that could be judicious, joyful or a jump into the unknown, one never knows until clicking on the link. So Join the jamboree and add your link below.



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36 comments:

  1. Carver22 March 2011 at 07:18

    Great post for the letter J. I learned something I didn't know (that J is a late invention).

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  2. Richard Lawry22 March 2011 at 07:19

    I have a leaf from a King James Bible that was printed in 1613. In it Jesus is spelled Iesvs.

    An Arkies Musings

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  3. {krista}22 March 2011 at 07:34

    Ah, you learn something new every day, and I did not know this. I know a few people who probably wouldn't have their current names if it weren't for the letter J... very cool.

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  4. Christine22 March 2011 at 07:37

    I can't even imagine jam or jelly without the j. Love the linguistics lessons.

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  5. Sylvia K22 March 2011 at 07:52

    Great introduction for the J Day!! Always learn something and it's always fun!!

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  6. Gigi Ann22 March 2011 at 08:03

    Now I understand why some of the J words years ago began with the letter I. Very interesting post for J day.

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  7. Berowne22 March 2011 at 08:10

    Interesting that Italian has no "j". No problem; they use gi or ge. :-)

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  8. Jane and Chris22 March 2011 at 08:15

    Interesting...I would have been called Iane.
    Jane x

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  9. Wanda22 March 2011 at 08:29

    What a fun way to JUMP into the J's. Good introduction.... and off we go.....!

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  10. Roger Owen Green22 March 2011 at 08:50

    I'd heard about the I and J, but still find it peculiar. And fascinating.

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  11. B i r g i t t a22 March 2011 at 08:55

    http://fotochip.blogspot.com/2011/03/j-is-for-jon-bengtsson.html

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  12. ♥♥ Willa ♥♥22 March 2011 at 08:57

    I'm Jumping for excitement to enter mg J link, but the inlinkz is still close.

    ABC Wednesday: J is for Jamming

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  13. Reader Wil22 March 2011 at 08:59

    We have even a combination of I and J, pronounced as a double sound and both written as capital letters, when they open a sentence or are the initials of a name like: IJSSEL, IJSbrand, IJsselmonde.
    This post is beautiful especially now Jack Frost has gone!

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  14. Dina22 March 2011 at 10:35

    Joy, a great joy to learn that history of J.

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  15. Cezar and Léia22 March 2011 at 10:46

    Amazing! Lots of fun to all!
    Léia

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  16. Unknown22 March 2011 at 11:36

    Joy, thanks for the history lesson!

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  17. Unknown22 March 2011 at 12:37

    Thanks for sharing...!
    :)

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  18. Anna22 March 2011 at 13:30

    Happy ABC Wednesday to the team and all participants ~ just amazing how quickly Wednesday comes round !

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  19. Sue22 March 2011 at 14:29

    What a beautiful artistic J for your introduction. It makes me want to learn to draw. I've had a jolly week thinking of all things J, thankyou all for hosting.

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  20. Autumn Belle22 March 2011 at 14:38

    Happy ABC Wednesday to everyone! My J for today is a flower called Kings Crown.

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  21. dianasfaria.com22 March 2011 at 20:09

    Fascinating history of the letter J!
    Happy Wednesday everyone.
    : )

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  22. Anonymous22 March 2011 at 20:57

    Happy Wednesday !!

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  23. Oakland Daily Photo22 March 2011 at 22:43

    This was tough for me. But I remain impressed with what the others posted. Learned something new about the independent life of letter "J."

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  24. Su-sieee! Mac23 March 2011 at 00:57

    So, I wonder how they pronounced the J back then. It's fun to learn stuff like that.

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  25. The Book of Shadows (The Dark Side)23 March 2011 at 01:19

    Back here with ABC again.. But this time, my post only has J because of a new colleague.. Yeah, so, not much J in it but still hope you guys enjoy it.. J is for joy, joyous, joyful so to me, J is about being happy.. :) :)

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  26. MERYL JAFFE, PhD - parent, psychologist, teacher, author...23 March 2011 at 05:16

    I have been waiting all week! I just love this, and, for some reason I could not link into the site yesterday:-( But, I'm here now, ready to visit and be visited! I'm just a jump away!

    http://departingthetext.blogspot.com

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  27. Chloe m23 March 2011 at 05:59

    J is for joining in again. THanks for hosting.

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  28. w0rkingAth0mE23 March 2011 at 08:13

    Joining the jamboree woot woot!
    MY ABC Wednesday is here

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  29. Leovi23 March 2011 at 10:41

    Superb, very interesting this information on J. Greetings.

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  30. Unknown23 March 2011 at 10:44

    Thanks for sharing infos about Mr. J. smart post

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  31. Jo's-D-Eyes23 March 2011 at 11:14

    Hello!
    Now I must Join becuse my name is JoAnn and my puppy (dog) name is JOYI, we enJOY our our puppy very much, come and see, and follow Joyi's growing, bye I hope that you will visit my blog:)
    Greetings from JoAnn and Joyi from Holland

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  32. Dorincard23 March 2011 at 11:39

    Jolly gathering here today1 :)

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  33. kml23 March 2011 at 17:59

    Just made it for today - hope everyone had a good day!

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  34. T F Carthick24 March 2011 at 21:42

    great post on letter J. I am participating here for the first time. Welcome people to visit my blog and check out my posts. I shall be visiting some of your posts over the week as well.

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  35. aykayem28 March 2011 at 09:19

    One thing I hate about the linky thingy - there is no way to go in and edit it if you make a typo/mess it up/etc ... grrrrr
    (and the box u type the name in is so small that if u make a typo in the fist half - it has vanished by the time u have typed the second half so u don't see that you have messed it up until it is up there)
    sodding thing wouldn't even let me add the link again either (because the "link is already in this collection" or somesuch ... aaaaahhhhhrrgggghhhh ... I give up! LOL

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  36. Shady Gardener28 March 2011 at 15:59

    I wanted to comment on your "J" at the beginning of your post. It's great - did you create it?

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