Odd hyphenations

[Joel S. Berson]

Thanks for the compliment, Larry.  I of-ten feel underappreciated.

Joel

At 6/17/2014 09:35 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Jun 17, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> > Hyphenations seen today in the Boston Globe Sports section:
> >
> > de-ked -- to take off one canvas shoe?  (In reality, how Clint
> > Dempsey maneuvered to score his goal for the U.S. in the World Cup.)
> >
>
>A clever pun; Dempsey faked the Ghanaian defenders out of their
>(vintage American-made) cleats.
>(http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1950S-US-PRO-KEDS-CLEATS-/281327371389)
>
>LH
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