Hyphenation stage disappearing?

[Laurence Horn]

On Aug 12, 2013, at 1:03 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:

> Long ago I hit on a mnemonic for which type of camel is which:
>
>   - Dromedary
>   - Bactrian
>
> Rotate the capital letter 90 degrees counterclockwise and it will show you
> the answer.

The only problem is you have to remember whether this shows you the answer it is, or (as with the "Moon always lies" mnemonic for waxing vs. waning moons) the answer it isn't.  Maybe it's just a question of knowing that camels never lie, so the "one-hump-or-two?" question is more directly answerable.

LH
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> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 3:04 AM, Eric Nielsen <ericbarnak at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>>> At 8/7/2013 12:03 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>>> a.k.a. CamelCase
>>>
>>> Shouldn't that be Bactrian-camelCased?  Not all kinds have two bunches.
>>>
>>> Joel
>>
>> Or dromedary in some instances of lower CamelCase.
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