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Lack of hyphen use drives me nuts. "Cooperation" is a prime example. Without the hyphen, my internal monologue pronounces the word like "chicken coop"[1]. Where
by phillc73 5y ago
Lack of hyphen use drives me nuts. "Cooperation" is a prime example. Without the hyphen, my internal monologue pronounces the word like "chicken coop"[1]. Whereas, "Co-Operation" makes pronunciation much clearer.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_coop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_coop
- cafard 5y agoDoesn't the New Yorker still hold the line, and print it with a dieresis? On the other hand, I knew a women who belonged to a food cooperative, and referred to it as the "coop", pronouncing it as if it were a chicken coop.
- Y_Y 5y agoI think I would be satisfied with the New Yorker-style: "nonn̈ative". That's a neat solution, thanks! (Please address complaints about putting a trema over an 'n' to Spın̈al Tap.)