Odd hyphenations

[Herb Stahlke]

I've been working with our county literacy federation, and by the rules of
syllable division they are teaching, often would be o-ften.  I haven't
tried teaching that to one of my literacy students.


On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> When I was in the second grade, Sr. Claire Marie metaphorically kicked my
> ass for hyphenating "often" as "of-ten." She just blew up. But, f the word
> is pronounced "off'n," then its proper hyphenation will be less than
> straightforward to the six-year-old mind. I *still* don't understand why.
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> Of course, these days, one is surprised by hyphenation not because it is
> done well, but because it is done at all.
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> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > Hyphenations seen today in the Boston Globe Sports section:
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> > 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.)
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> > chan-geup -- a cowboy urging on his Chinese horse?  (In reality -- or
> > vain hope? -- something Red Sox pitcher Rubby De La Rosa is
> > rightfully proud of.)
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> > No wonder non-native speakers can't learn how to pronounce English.
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> > Joel
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