Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation

Subject: Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation
From: Tony Chung <tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:45:00 -0800

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> The "Southern National Draft Horse Pull" event contains no hyphens in its name.


I'm guessing that's more a typographical trend to lose hyphens than
experience. I don't know about the event myself, but depending on
where the reader breaks the phrase will suggest the existence or
omission of a hyphen:

a) Southern National, Draft Horse, Pull
b) Southern National Draft, Horse Pull
c) Southern, National Draft Horse, Pull

Without any knowledge of the event, I'd read it like B.

-Tony
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References:
Failure of spoken hyphenation: From: Peter Neilson
Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation: From: Marguerite Krupp
Re: Failure of spoken hyphenation: From: Gene Kim-Eng

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