Grapheme clusters, a.k.a.real characters

[Rhodri James]

On 18/07/17 17:03, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Random832<random832 at fastmail.com>:
> 
>> As for double-v, a quick search through /usr/share/dict/words reveals
>> "civvies", "divvy", "revved/revving", "savvy" and "skivvy", and
>> various conjugations thereof. All following, more or less, the rule of
>> using a double consonant after a short vowel in contexts where a
>> single consonant would suggest the preceding vowel was long.
> The single/double consonant rule is indeed an ancient Germanic spelling
> principle. English makes several twists to the it:

It's not so much a rule as a guideline...

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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd