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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: build me a hyphen #111705 09/09/03 03:47 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass 2. transf. a. A short pause between two syllables in speaking. 1868 GEO. ELIOT Sp. Gipsy I. 15 Whistles low notes or seems to thrum his lute As a mere hyphen 'twixt two syllables Of any steadier man. 1872 C. KING Mountain. Sierra Nev. x. 208 With hyphens of silence between each two syllables. b. A small connecting link. 1868 G. DUFF Pol. Surv. 169 It was a bridge for migrations. It was a hyphen, connecting different races. 1881 Daily Tel. 21 June 6/8 M. de Lesseps, who is the sworn foe of all such geographical hyphens [isthmuses]. ...and then there's the verb. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted build me a hyphen Buffalo Shrdlu 09/07/03 11:08 PM Re: build me a hyphen maverick 09/07/03 11:42 PM Re: build me a hyphen Buffalo Shrdlu 09/08/03 12:10 AM Re: build me a hyphen Jackie 09/08/03 12:41 AM Re: build me a hyphen Buffalo Shrdlu 09/08/03 12:53 AM Re: build me a hyphen Jackie 09/08/03 01:08 AM Re: build me a hyphen maverick 09/08/03 09:00 PM Re: build me a hyphen Jackie 09/09/03 02:02 AM Re: build me a hyphen tsuwm 09/09/03 03:47 AM Re: build me a hyphen WhitmanO'Neill 09/09/03 04:18 AM Re: build me a hyphen Buffalo Shrdlu 09/09/03 09:22 AM Re: build me a hyphen Faldage 09/09/03 10:08 AM Re: build me a hyphen Buffalo Shrdlu 09/10/03 12:47 AM Re: build me a hyphen WhitmanO'Neill 09/10/03 01:16 AM Re: build me a hyphen maverick 09/10/03 10:23 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,371 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 803 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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