A tittle is more or less the same thing (the dot over an i, for instance), except that it can be traced back to Medieval Latin for a little mark over or under a letter, such as an accent ague or a cedilla. I don't know whether an umlaut is one or two tittles. Maybe it's a jot and a tittle side by side.

Where the hella you been?

Well, I intook the general situation west of the Mississippi because I did not get much of a chance to see things east of the Mississippi.

he summoned to his presence the deewan, giving, at the same time, orders to the urz-begee, to admit no one to their conference, and upon no account to allow him to be disturbed.