Digraphs

I was using "digraphs" for the "ae" and "oe" spellings KC mentioned; when I got to the OED I discovered some of the spellings used ligatures, but being the lazy man I am I didn't bother rewriting the sentence to reflect the fact. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Actual teachers in actual classrooms use a combination of techniques including memorization of the most common words encountered in texts (so-called “sight words”) and phonics-based strategies that entail teaching kids to listen for beginning and ending sounds, then vowel sounds, digraphs and blends. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For maximum speed and efficiency, the most common letters and digraphs should be the easiest to type. ❋ Dan (2007)

Or alternatively, perhaps it's possible that digraphs like ph had become a common tactic to imply a loanword, whether from Greek or not. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Undaunted, Dr. Smithline decided to tackle the cipher by analyzing the probability of digraphs, or pairs of letters. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It is more difficult to type digraphs with adjacent fingers than non-adjacent fingers. ❋ Dan (2007)

There are digraphs where two letters make one totally new sound, like th and ch and sh. ❋ Nora Raleigh Baskin (2009)

In Serbian Latin alphabet there are two digraphs – lj and nj they represent the palatal lateral aproximant and palatal nasal, respectively, and they are both written in the same box in crosswords. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One could simplify the spelling of many words by leaving out the redundant letter in such digraphs e.g. duble, esy, lern, rugh, but the outcry from people who are proud of their grasp of the present system is all too easy to imagine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The real problems are caused by digraphs such as ou and ea which have a number of different sounds and which are therefore ambiguous. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Only at Languagehat will you find discussions of "ass o'clock" cheek by jowl so to speak with discussions of digraphs and ligatures! ❋ Unknown (2005)

Yes, both originally had their Greekish digraphs, economy up through the 18th century and ecology through most of the 19th; the first OED citations for the latter are: ❋ Unknown (2005)

I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure you're confusing digraphs with ligatures. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Indeed the only digraphs I see are «ou», «gn», «ch», for which French has no single character for. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Incidentally, is anyone still using Gwoyeu Romatzyh in the US a good example, by the way, for your discussion on digraphs vs. untypable diacritics? ❋ Unknown (2004)