From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4873305131bf4d94 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Mark Wilden Subject: Re: English SUCKS, Chinese is the only language you need!! Date: 1997/11/19 Message-ID: <34734E78.6666@mWilden.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 290948781 References: <34557f2b.1934172@news.mindspring.com> <3471428A.6193@erdw.ethz.ch> <64sql2$k0@mtinsc04.worldnet.att.net> <3471F184.7924@mWilden.com> <64vc2j$bbt$1@helios.crest.nt.com> Organization: The Mark Wilden Company Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Date: 1997-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Kaz Kylheku wrote: > > Hyphens are not part of the language, they are just an orthographic convention. And what do you suppose "orthographic conventions" are part of, if not the language? Are you saying there is no difference between "release" and "re-lease"? > If you disagree, then tell me what sound the hyphen makes in the pronounciation > of ``re-learning''? ;) Only if you tell me what sound the "p" makes in "ptarmigan." Sound is just one component of language. > Incidentally, re-learning would actually be written relearning. Hyphenation is > only used when words are combined in an unusual way, particularly two nouns. That's actually true, according to modern style. For example, I recently won a battle over how to spell "multiplayer" in a manual, against those who preferred to hyphenate it. > When a certain combination becomes commonplace, the hyphen disappears. The guy wrote "re learning." A hyphen could have been used, or it could have been made one word, I agree.