The Anglo-American Hyphen

Authors

Peter Newby

Abstract

When Queen Victoria was offered a choice of four names for one of her newer overseas possessions, she opted for Fiji as she linked its three dots. In contrast to this word-loving monarch (who is credited with having invented the double acrostic), a conspiracy of lexicogrpahers, those responsible for the OED, spent a large part of her reign introducing a form of word vandalism, the unnecessary hyphen.

Recommended Citation

Newby, Peter (1995) "The Anglo-American Hyphen," Word Ways: Vol. 28 : Iss. 4 , Article 20.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol28/iss4/20