Slog - Comments on Weird Hyphen, Vol. II http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii From flickr's irons: Previously in this series: "Walk-Right In."... Copyright 2008 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:36:07 -0800 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:25:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by CMS That is actually an en-dash, I believe, which makes even less sense. An em-dash would have been better suited punctuation.

]]> CMS http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942222 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:03:43 -0800 Comment by grammar fascist I don't think it's meant to be a hyphen; I think it's meant to be an em dash. It's still a clunky way to construct the phrase, however.

]]> grammar fascist http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942223 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942223 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:03:55 -0800 Comment by db That is not a hyphen; it is a dash and it is used correctly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash

]]> db http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942224 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:04:15 -0800 Comment by brad in seattle ????

Jesus Christ - slow frigging newsday or do you have a competition with Seattle metropolitan to see who can come up with the lamest shit?

]]> brad in seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942225 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:05:13 -0800 Comment by Tuna 4) It's more of a race than a competition.

]]> Tuna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942232 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942232 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:09:20 -0800 Comment by Brendan It's an m dash; not a hyphen--sorry.

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942236 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:13:10 -0800 Comment by db Why do you always bring up race?

]]> db http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942237 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942237 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:13:47 -0800 Comment by john cocktosin Are you, currently taking the-copy editing class at UW right now and; wielding you're new Found techniques or something?

]]> john cocktosin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942238 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942238 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:13:48 -0800 Comment by brad in seattle I think reporting on the hello kitty custom paint job pistol is much worthier of attention than all hyphen, plain dash, em- and en-dash reporting combined.

More Hello Kitty and friends reporting! I command thee!

]]> brad in seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942240 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:15:08 -0800 Comment by infrequent "now under construction"

really?

also -- i think that phone number uses hyphens when it should use en-dashes.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942246 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:22:06 -0800 Comment by unPC It's improper kerning not a grammatical error.

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942249 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:24:16 -0800 Comment by J.R. It shoulda been a colon.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942264 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942264 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:38:18 -0800 Comment by Jason Petersen Lol typography nubs. Yes there could be more space between the dash and surrounding characters (kerning), but the main story is that christopher got ownt.

]]> Jason Petersen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942278 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:48:59 -0800 Comment by j-lon Agreed. It looks like it's meant to be a dash of some sort. That said, a colon would have been worth considering in this context. But maybe they felt it was too formal a stop.

]]> j-lon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942349 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942349 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:09:06 -0800 Comment by Cat in Chicago End-of-weird-hyphen-series--I hope--2-was-too-many

]]> Cat in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942576 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:28:09 -0800 Comment by ecce homo Finally, this megolith of a structure makes SLOG.

You can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave.

]]> ecce homo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942620 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:52:00 -0800 Comment by Krrrk The term for improper kerning is 'keming'

]]> Krrrk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942966 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c942966 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:45:48 -0800 Comment by todd That's an em dash alright. It depends on which style manual you use, but no spaces is correct usage.

]]> todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c943653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c943653 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:54:47 -0800 Comment by opus How is it to go through life on sphincter level 10?

]]> opus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c943767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c943767 Boom Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:17:09 -0800 Comment by Andy With a lot of the Stranger staff overusing emdashes—most notably Dan, Josh, and Erica—you'd think Chris would know one when he saw one.

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c944401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c944401 Boom Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:06:13 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis I want to see...an enormous-penis!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c944893 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/weird_hyphen_vol_ii#c944893 Boom Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:25:38 -0800