[pmmail-list] dipthong

[Jon Etkins]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:36:22 -0600, Dave wrote:

>Joking aside, it is a pair of letters that operate as one.  "Th" is a 
>common one; you used to see it printed with the t and the h as one 
>letter.  The "oe" in "Oedipus" is another.  Usually you need a fancy 
>font to show a dipthong.

Actually, no.  Th is a digraph, and oe is a ligature.  See the links from
M-W's definition of diphthong. :)

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