Comments on: Disappearing hyphens? http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/ concept to publication Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stan Johns http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-20275 Stan Johns Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:44:38 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/#comment-20275 Dear Xensen, I still use an Oxford Dictionary printed in the 1990s. I suppose that, so long as enough people reading what I write are still locked in that decade's spelling regime, then my writing will be understood. Or perhaps everybody has already moved on and left me behind like a pot-bellied bumble-bee eating chick-peas in a test-tube held in the hand of a cry-baby galloping on a hobby-horse that refuses to leap-frog over a log-jam, not for pin-money nor ice-cream. I'll start looking for a leaf of some description to hide my embarrassment... All the best, Stan Dear Xensen,

I still use an Oxford Dictionary printed in the 1990s. I suppose that, so long as enough people reading what I write are still locked in that decade’s spelling regime, then my writing will be understood.

Or perhaps everybody has already moved on and left me behind like a pot-bellied bumble-bee eating chick-peas in a test-tube held in the hand of a cry-baby galloping on a hobby-horse that refuses to leap-frog over a log-jam, not for pin-money nor ice-cream. I’ll start looking for a leaf of some description to hide my embarrassment…

All the best,

Stan

]]> By: Dave Richmond http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-20260 Dave Richmond Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:50:12 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/#comment-20260 Fair comment on the demise of the hyphen, but Websters as a guide to spelling? Good grief, Websters omits the u from colour and favourite... ;) Fair comment on the demise of the hyphen, but Websters as a guide to spelling? Good grief, Websters omits the u from colour and favourite…
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]]> By: xensen http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-20237 xensen Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:49:29 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/#comment-20237 Yes, I probably should have mentioned the differences between UK and US English. I guess I assumed it was clear I'm writing from the US point of view. Yes, I probably should have mentioned the differences between UK and US English. I guess I assumed it was clear I’m writing from the US point of view.

]]> By: Robert http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-20229 Robert Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:16:27 +0000 http://www.rightreading.com/blog/2007/10/01/disappearing-hyphens/#comment-20229 Using the OED to spell is an especially bad idea for Americans. Using the OED to spell is an especially bad idea for Americans.

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