Re: Graphemes defined

From: machhezan
Message: 2154
Date: 2004-05-11

machhezan wrote:
> > Is there any term for 'units' of the English orthography such
> > as "a, b, ch, th"?

Peter T. Daniels answered:
> That's one common use of "grapheme," but you can immediately see the
> problems! (Or you can collect them from my previous postings.)

Sounds as if you resign yourself to not having any word for it. Do I
misunderstand you?

grĂ¼ess
mach

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