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Death of the Hyphen....

Posted by xtremer • 9/22/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: english, hyphen

Yes, the Oxford Pocket dictionary has knocked out the hyphen (-) from all its entries......

wats-ur-opinion.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-long-hyphen.html

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9/22/07

Norski

What!

Shocking!

Hyphens of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your context!

This is an outrage!

How can civilization exist without the diplomacy-enhancing, word-bonding, hyphen?!

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9/22/07

Moonshadow

The squids will appreciate their ink saving efforts.

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9/23/07

xtremer

then what about my domain name?

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9/23/07

crkian

How will they write how a word is pronounced

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9/23/07

MadameX

Hyphens are not being eliminated; hyphens used in the spelling of a single word (such as bumble-bee and ice-cream) are being eliminated and the words either joined into a single word (bumblebee) or split into two (ice cream). I think that most of us were already writing them that way, anyway. Hyphens as punctuation are alive and well.

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9/23/07

markstoneman

Well, I'm still using hyphens with some spelling, but that's because I rely on the Oxford American Dictionary on my computer. Even there I've noticed that few words use the dash. Interesting to learn that my frequent confusion might be due to changes in the language.

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9/23/07

FlyingFader

Didn't Hercules kill the hyphen a long time ago?

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9/23/07

nusuni

so-I-guess-I-can-not-do-this-any-more?

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1. 9/23/07
  
  markstoneman
  
  Could you ever?
9/23/07

lordlikely

What will this all mean for Spider-Man?

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1. 9/24/07
  
  caseyc
  
  He needs to take a cue from Superman.
9/24/07

PetLvr

I've got 4 or 5 domains with hyphens in them, only because the ones without hyphens were taken .. Medieval-Site.com The-Lingerie-Site.com etc.

Hyphens will come back. Domain names need them!

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9/24/07

gosmelltheflowers

NO! We love our - and apply sparingly whenever we can...

What about in Mathematics, +, X, / and then what? :0)

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9/24/07

KashmirZ

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

www.antinewworldorderblog.com

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9/24/07

xtremer

I think we are all the villains.....

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9/25/07

xtremer

Are you all going to use the hyphen?

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10/04/07

xtremer

it's us...they removed it because we didn't use it....

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5/09/08

Nomadic

Mwahhahahahaaa! My hyphen eradication program is working...next for the common commas.

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5/09/08

mayjah

In my job (medical transcription) hyphens have been no-nos (hee hee) for awhile. You just smoosh the word together so intra-articular becomes intraarticular, etc. I like them in certain circumstances but I think they have been grossly misused in the past.

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5/09/08

mattclark

Bring-back-the-hyphen-we-should-replace-all-spaces-with-hyphens,-it-will-make-them-sit-up-and-notice.-BTW,-this-is-really-difficult-to-type

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5/09/08

crkian

I remember this topic all those months back

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1. 5/09/08
  
  Nomadic
  
  It's all part of my cunning replying-to-a-very-old-and-silly-discussion plan
5/09/08

julyalim

lucky i don't live in england.

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5/09/08

acousticguitarist

This might be relative

www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/let-me-rate-the-quality-of-full-stops-on-...

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5/10/08

dotartdude

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5/10/08

robertstevenson

byphen

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5/10/08

jackpayne

I refuse-to-be-intimidated. I will continue to use the hyphen anywhere-I-want.

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1. 5/10/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Most likely Jack, so shall I.
5/10/08

wehireu

I use the American Heritage dictionary a lot. The Oxford English Dictionary is mostly for academics and people who are writing for intellectual pursuits. I don't think it will affect everyday english that much, even in England.

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1. 5/11/08
  
  Nomadic
  
  Yeah...the Oxford English Dictionary is for people who speak English, so I wouldn't worry.
5/10/08

DrBurst

Yet, they add w00t to the dictionary

blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/woot-named-merr.html

blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2007/12/12/w00t_ftw.html

www.merriam-webster.com/info/07words.htm

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1. 5/11/08
  
  legbamel
  
  Not the real, print dictionary they didn't. But at least they finally explained the darn thing. I rarely see it used in a context that fits the acronym, but now I might, someday, consider using it. The people I've asked didn't seem to know where it had come from and thus were simply sheep copying the word from strangers. Fie on them, I say!
5/10/08

cranelegs

oh my - i live by the hyphen - it is the water of grammatical fluidity - why it's the only thing that connects the unconnected. i am part of hyphen-nation!
alas - i'm dead without it.
the hyphen will always be with me.
drat oxford and all it's hoity-toities! can't even say that anymore without the hyphen.
it strikes me ... a plot.
curse you hillary and your oxford soul mate who is only your part-time soul mate.
can't say that either.
i can not see the point in living anymore.

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1. 5/10/08
  
  Arcticulates
  
  It will be okay Cranelegs!Just...use...this...Now...It's...kinda...fun...
2. 5/10/08
  
  offendedblogger
  
  You...remind...me...of..Captain...Kirk..., the...way..he...speaks...
5/10/08

BennyGreenberg

The Hyphen - It's Dead Jim!~

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5/10/08

Theresa111

Hey CraneLegs! You'll get over it. Pretty soon ... you will not even think about the little dash.

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5/10/08

dzrbenson

-

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5/11/08

xtremer

uh oh, my old discussion is up again!!

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