the dot on top of an i is called asterisk.
what is the dot on top of an i called?
asterisk
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four months later, dot is released and shares her regret with ian that she did not report nick's crimes earlier in life. fatboy tells dot he is spending christmas with his father, but later vincent hubbard (richard blackwood) discovers fatboy's belongings amongst some blood in the boot of a crushed car and tells dot that fatboy is not coming back because of a job abroad. dot takes salsa classes and works with patrick trueman (rudolph walker) to prepare for a salsa show, who mistakenly thinks she wants a relationship, but she actually sets him and claudette hubbard (ellen thomas) up on a date. dot receives a wedding invitation from her old friend, colin, but she does not want to attend because she does not believe in homosexual marriage. colin visits her on his wedding day to persuade her to come, which she does. dot discovers the launderette will become a dry cleaner and is interviewed for her own job; she struggles with the technical terminology but defends herself as a people person. however, she is told that she will not be kept on after the launderette is refurbished. she tries to contact her boss by telephone but when she finally gets through, he hangs up. ricky mitchell (henri charles) learns about the harvest festival and leaves a box of food on dot's doorstep, which offends her as she does not believe she is poor or lonely, however, she realises just how lonely she is when abi is unable to have dinner with her. dot and kim fox-hubbard (tameka empson) are involved in a car collision, but both blame the other as kim has no licence but kim accuses dot of being too old to drive. dot then locks her car key away. after patrick and dot go to the cinema together, he convinces her to see an optician because she was squinting throughout. dot is seen hiding away in her house on halloween and patrick comes to talk to her. dot says her hatred of halloween is due to awful things happening on halloween, such as stacey fowler (lacey turner) getting electrocuted and max branning (jake wood) getting run over. she then tries to read the bible to patrick but cannot see the words. patrick tells her she isn't scared of halloween but of the world. dot reveals that she thinks she is going blind but then kicks patrick out of the house. when he leaves, it is revealed that dot cannot see anything clearly. patrick books dot a doctor's appointment; the doctor suspects age-related macular degeneration, which is later confirmed. dot starts treatment but she is annoyed that her eyesight does not improve much. she turns down ronnie's offer of paying for surgery to permanently fix her sight.
dot cotton