Louisiana English 'dot' not unexpectedly < French 'dot' = Spanish 'dote'

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:16 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Dot = Dowry in Louisana English according to http://wikidiff.com/dowry/dot
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Dave Davis <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > What does the word 'dot' -- in quotes in the original -- refer to?
> >
> > DDD
> >
> > https://archive.org/details/jstor-25119224 ; or
> > http://www.online-literature.com/twain/3263/
> >
> > "Rich American girls do buy titles, but they did not invent that idea; it
> > had been worn threadbare several hundred centuries before America was
> > discovered. European girls still exploit it as briskly as ever; and,
> when a
> > title is not to be had for the money in hand, they buy the husband
> without
> > it. They must put up the "dot," or there is no trade. The
> commercialization
> > of brides is substantially universal, except in America. It exists with
> us,
> > to some little extent, but in no degree approaching a custom."
> >
>