I only know of it with a hyphen, as in the nursery rhyme that tells of a frog that went “a-wooing”.

Perhaps William could upload a copy of the file here, via the ‘Attachments’ option which is presented when you use the Post reply feature.

Thanks to you both for the explanations and the links.

Well, you never know! Highly unlikely if only ever used in one published work, but…

http://theskepticalzone.com/wp/swamidas … ent-260650

*recognized (cf. localizable)

I don’t know for certain, but I suspect that many of the strokes (because they tend to start out thick and get thinner) would look wrong if the direction were reversed.

I can’t imagine reversing the direction of my letter ‘oh’ just because it’s a capital. As far as I’m aware, it’s always anticlockwise (and the same for the bowl of a lowercase ‘dee’).

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the numeral ‘8’ written in different directions (but again, I think I’m consistent with mine).

A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY.

The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game.

The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.

The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun.

He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and vice versa."

Again, she declines and tries to get some sleep.

The lawyer, now agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500."

This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question.

"What's the distance from the earth to the moon?"

The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches into her purse, pulls out a $5 bill and hands it to the lawyer.

"Okay" says the lawyer, "your turn."

She asks the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four legs?"

The lawyer, puzzled, takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references, no answer.

He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the net and the library of congress, no answer.

Frustrated, he sends e-mails to all his friends and coworkers, to no avail.

After an hour, he wakes the blonde, and hands her $500.

The blonde says, "Thank you," and turns back to get some more sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, what's the answer?"

Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.

And you thought blondes were dumb.

Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.
Don’t use commas, that, are not, necessary.
Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.
It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.
Avoid archæic spellings too.
Don’t repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.
Don’t use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.
Use the apostrophe in it’s proper place and omit it when its not needed.
Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
Eschew obfuscation.
No sentence fragments.
Don’t indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.
And always be sure to finish what

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