Grapheme clusters, a.k.a.real characters

[Steve D'Aprano]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:59 pm, Chris Angelico wrote:

>> (I don't think any native English words use a double-V or double-U, but the
>> possibility exists.)
> 
> vacuum.


Nice. Also continuum and residuum.

For double V, we have savvy, skivvy, flivver (an old slang term for cars).



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Steve
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