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Subject:RE: Hyphenation of a word: vice-president? From:"Carnall, Jane" <Jane -dot- Carnall -at- compaq -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:56:27 -0000
Geoff Hart wrote:
>In the absence of a hyphen, the Vice President stands amongst the same crew
>as the Smut President, the Alcohol President, and the Manager of Marketing
><g>, and whether the Vice Admiral belongs in this less than lofty crew I
>leave to the Navy folk on this list to reveal.
Of rears and vices I saw enough. Now, do not be suspecting me of a pun, I
intreat.
Jane Carnall, quoting the only smutty joke in Jane Austen
El brillig de Twas, y los toves slithy hicieron el gyre y gimble en el wabe.
Todo mimsy eran los borogroves, y el outgrabe de los raths del mome.
IPCC 01, the IEEE International Professional Communication Conference,
October 24-27, 2001 at historic La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN UNTIL MARCH 15. http://ieeepcs.org/2001/
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