Nice word, but fully up to your expectations.
The word diæresis includes a digraph as the third character, and an example
of a diæresis is over the second character of aïl signifying that the sound
of the "a" and "i" is NOT a diphthong (i.e. that "a" and "i" are separate
sounds).
Perhaps linguists are cunning. Perhaps also linguists pull stunts, and
whether those are cunning is another matter entirely.
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Piers
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Oops - wrist slapped.
But I realise I meant to write diaeresis - I expect that's wrong too :-( I
bow to all the cunning linguists on the list...
br
jez
On 12/23/05, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> That's not a diphthong, it's a digraph!
>
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