Re: Off-topic: digraphs and trigraphs

From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Thu Aug 10 2000 - 12:16:36 EDT


>If it comes to coining a new term, I'd like to propose "oligograph"...

>There are really just a few, not many, characters to form such a
>compound -- and we would avoid those puns on lying-detectors ;-)

Not a bad idea, methinks.

- Peter

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