tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post253471380288175914..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: What is the "th" in "the" called?seana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-90820592124332058912013-08-24T12:34:47.389-07:002013-08-24T12:34:47.389-07:00In my fascination with the Old Norse alphabet, I f...In my fascination with the Old Norse alphabet, I forgot to give the simple etymology here. Digraph, from the Greek, simply means "twice written". It came into our language around 1788, coined for the study of linguistics.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.com