-- Robert Lozyniak Accusplit pedometer manufactures can go suck eggs My page: http://walk.to/11 11digitboy@bolt.com - email (917) 421-3909 x1133 - voicemail/fax---- Doug Ewell <dewell@compuserve.com> wrote: > Does anyone know of a commonly used or commonly > accepted collective > term for multi-character sequences (e.g. digraphs, > trigraphs, etc.)? > I'm thinking that the word "multigraph" would be > appropriate, but I > don't want to invent my own term if one already > exists. (Besides, it > sounds like an early '80s software package.) > > Along the same lines, would the term "quadrigraph" > be appropriate for > a four-character sequence? > ---------------------------
My guess would be "tetragraph" (Greek root for four).
--------------------------- > Thanks in advance for any tips. Please respond > privately unless you > feel your response may be of interest to the list > at large. ---------------------------- Well, we ought to agree on what to call them, no? ---------------------------- > > -Doug Ewell > Fullerton, California >
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