stackyFACTSFor centuries, people just assumed the letter 'I' could pull double duty as both a vowel and a consonant. It was not until linguistic scholars got utterly frustrated with the ambiguity that they gave the character a hooked tail to create a distinct sound. It shows up late to the alphabetical party but heavily dominates modern vocabularies.
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