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| rockfsh |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 21:32:15 Will this affect fwfr? |
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| Downtown |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 14:03:43 quote: Originally posted by Se�n
From the article...
Formerly hyphenated words split in two:
fig leaf hobby horse ice cream pin money pot belly test tube water bed
Formerly hyphenated words unified in one:
bumblebee chickpea crybaby leapfrog logjam lowlife pigeonhole touchline waterborne
Although it seems somewhat arbitrary whether the hyphen was replaced by a space or the words were concatenated, i.e., can anyone see any reason not to do it like this? :-
figleaf hobbyhorse icecream pinmoney potbelly testtube waterbed
bumble bee chick pea cry baby leap frog log jam low life pigeon hole touch line water borne
I've never seen "ice cream" hyphenated and it's definitely not a single word. Same with "bumblebee," "crybaby," "leapfrog," "lowlife," and "chickpea." I don't know what kind of English folks have been writing across the pond but these "new spellings" are the way we've always been doing them.
Icecream? Ice-cream? Um...no. It's ice cream, which is shortened from the original "iced cream." And yes, as a New Englander I consider myself an authority on the subject.  |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 09/23/2007 : 12:47:41 No. |
| Sean |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 22:56:32 From the article...
Formerly hyphenated words split in two:
fig leaf hobby horse ice cream pin money pot belly test tube water bed
Formerly hyphenated words unified in one:
bumblebee chickpea crybaby leapfrog logjam lowlife pigeonhole touchline waterborne
Although it seems somewhat arbitrary whether the hyphen was replaced by a space or the words were concatenated, i.e., can anyone see any reason not to do it like this? :-
figleaf hobbyhorse icecream pinmoney potbelly testtube waterbed
bumble bee chick pea cry baby leap frog log jam low life pigeon hole touch line water borne |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 22:54:57 quote: Originally posted by rockfsh
Will this affect fwfr?
Noone knows yet.  |
| rockfsh |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 22:52:54 quote: Originally posted by Se�n
Or would that be "hyphens" you're referring to? 
yes I'm sooo upset  |
| Sean |
Posted - 09/21/2007 : 22:48:50 Or would that be "hyphens" you're referring to?  |