Date:  Wed, 2 Nov 1994 03:31:40 CST

From:  "Donald M. Lance" <ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.BITNET>

Subject: Re: Preferred Terms



M. Lynne Murphy mentioned the hyphen in 'African-American'. I remember that

in the late 60s Chicanos objected to the hyphen in 'Mexican-American',

saying they didn't appreciate being labeled as hyphenated Americans. It

seemed to me that these comments, along with the general tendency to omit

the old-fashioned hyphen, speeded up acceptance of lots of hyphenless

forms in print media by the early 1970s. Now it's rare for a student to

know the old rules of hyphenation of compound modifiers etc.

                              DMLance