What does telegrapheme mean?
Telegrapheme means (dated, rare) A telegram..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated, rare) A telegram..
Every one has been told at school how telegram ought to be telegrapheme; but by this time we have long ceased to mourn for the extra syllable, and begun seriously to consider whether the further shortening into wire has not been resisted as long as honour demands.
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Telegrapheme means (dated, rare) A telegram..
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Every one has been told at school how telegram ought to be telegrapheme; but by this time we have long ceased to mourn for the extra syllable, and begun seriously to consider whether the further shortening into wire has not been resisted as long as honour demands.
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