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> A few years ago when I first saw the word
> Coworker my first thought was to pronounce it
> Cow orker, till I read further...still amuses
> me when I see it.
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> Subject: Re: FW: Email versus e-mail
>
> Bryan mentioned...
>
> "My personal rule is to hyphenate all e-words
> unless they are a company or product name. My
> rationale is that I can't think of any
> hyphenated word that has morphed to no hyphen.
> For example, O-Ring, X-Ray...."
>
> Actually, the linguistic trend is eventually to
> *always* remove the hyphen from a word.
> Hyphenation, like acronyms, tend to simplify
> over the years. The example that comes
> immediately to mind is the word coworker. It
> was originally hyphenated and some style guides
> (AP I
> believe) still insist that it be hyphenated,
> but virtually every major dictionary says no.
> We are seeing the same thing happening right
> now with e-mail and other commonly hyphenated
> words.
>
> As for me, I choose to hyphenate any time that
> there is any doubt at all no matter what the
> style guides or dictionaries say. I think it
> removes the possible confusion over
> pronunciation. I also tend to hyphenate all
> "e-" words for that same reason. Same with our
> "i-"
> words. It's funny now, but my first
> introduction to itunes came about with
> disastrous social consequences. But that's just
> me and my linguistic side overriding the more
> responsible and anal-retentive editing side.
>
> And as a side note, Chicago 15 does mandate the
> hyphen for all "e-"
> terms (7.90 Compounds Formed with Specific
> Terms).
>
> Long Live Descriptivism!!!
>
> Dave
>
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