Silliness Noone, no-one, or no one? - Page 2

HarryT · 11-01-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

My sixth grade teacher told us that nowhere started out as no where, morphed to no-where and on to nowhere. She also said that eventually no one would become no-one and thence to noone. This as a lesson in the flexibility of the English language.

English certainly does tend to lose hyphens over time. Eg, if you read Dickens or other 19th century authors, you'll see that words like "to-day", "to-morrow", "good-bye", and many others were always hyphenated. I don't think too many people would use hyphens in those words these days - it's just "today", "tomorrow" and "goodbye".

yvanleterrible · 11-01-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I sure hope the owner of that food dish is a careful & delicate eater, or goodbye kitty!

Or is the kitty just making a vulgar suggestion?

That kitty is obviously underaged. That means... Ouch! Dogfood!

ProDigit · 11-03-2008, 11:56 AM

None?

View Poll Results: Which do you prefer?
Noone	2	6.06%
No-one	2	6.06%
No one	16	48.48%
The Blue One, Next To The Fish	7	21.21%
Look! Cute kitteh pics!	6	18.18%
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