Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation

Subject: Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 11:12:20 -0800

The "Southern National Draft Horse Pull" event contains no hyphens in its name.

Gene Kim-Eng



From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>

> Well, so I'm listening to the radio. The announcer reads an ad for the
> North Carolina Farm Show, Feb. 2nd through the 4th. He reads this phrase:
>
> Southern National Draft-Horse Pull
>
> But he reads as if it were:
>
> Southern National Draft Horse Pull
>
> His words make it sound as if there is a Southern National Draft.
>
> Who stole my hyphens? May I please have some of them back?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Create and publish documentation through multiple channels with Doc-To-Help.
Choose your authoring formats and get any output you may need. Try
Doc-To-Help, now with MS SharePoint integration, free for 30-days.
http://www.doctohelp.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat


Follow-Ups:

References:
Failure of spoken hyphenation: From: Peter Neilson
Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation: From: Marguerite Krupp

Previous by Author: RE: Graphics Resolution Confusion Once Again
Next by Author: Re: creating a portfolio -- writing samples
Previous by Thread: Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation
Next by Thread: Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads