Yes, but as a librarian you must know that OPACs
mostly don't know how to deal with hyphens and
generate false results in their presence. No wonder
the profession seems to be abandoning them...
(And yes, I know that's probably not what you meant.)
Andy Grossman
University College London, SLAIS
--- John Pedini <jpedini@socialaw.com> wrote:
> Hope no one minds terribly if I make a comment on a
> subject discussed at
> length already, but I missed the exchange of ideas
> on Friday.
>
> I can forgive the unnecessary apostrophes, the
> improper use of subject
> case, errant past participles, conversational
> exposition that has to
> pass as language, but what I truly mourn is the
> loss of the hyphen.
>
> Casual communication has endangered the use of a
> simple symbol that
> alerts the reader of nouns with multiple modifiers,
> often obscuring the
> message.
>
> A very small lapse, perhaps, but one that erodes a
> time honored
> tradition of well intended behavior for the sake of
> high minded people
> who think they're up to date and state of the art.
>
> P.S. Yes, I have better things to do, but I'm at
> lunch right now.
>
>
> John Pedini
> Director of Media Services
> Social Law Library
> 1200 Court House
> Boston, MA 02108
> P:617.523.0018 x337
> F:617.523.2458
>
>
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> " We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we
> want to go forward."
>
> - J.
> Danforth Quayle
>
>
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