"Email" loses its hyphen
As do "cellphone" and "smartphone." And do you know the way to Kolkata?
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Comments (11)
No, but I do know about the troubadours who got killed before they reached Mumbai.
Posted by Geoffrey Duin | March 19, 2011 11:46 AM
You could go through Mumbai, or maybe through Chennai.
Posted by Allan L. | March 19, 2011 12:32 PM
No, but I do know the way to San-Jose!
Posted by Lawrence | March 19, 2011 12:49 PM
Mumbai gin just doesn't have the same ring to it as Bombay Gin.
Posted by Evergreen Libertarian | March 19, 2011 12:59 PM
When you drink the gin, just be sure to wear your Chennai plaid shirt.
Posted by Allan L. | March 19, 2011 1:46 PM
Now, Geoffrey, my boss laid the traps for those troubadours.
Posted by LucsAdvo | March 19, 2011 4:10 PM
A long overdue change by AP. (For the record, the old style on cellphone and smartphone wasn't hyphenated, but was two words: "cell phone" and "smart phone.")
Posted by Pete | March 20, 2011 12:30 AM
It'll always be Tri-Met to me.
Posted by Jack Bog | March 20, 2011 12:48 AM
It should be Tri$Met
Posted by phil | March 20, 2011 5:10 AM
"The annual Stylebook print edition, to be published in the spring..."
These guys just don't get it.
Posted by Conrad | March 20, 2011 7:09 AM
AP style is often way behind the curve. It was less than a decade ago that they stopped hyphenating "teen-ager," about 40 years after everyone else did.
Posted by semi-cynic | March 21, 2011 1:47 AM