I live in the 21st century.
I believe in the democratic evolution of language.
I am not a Luddite.
I believe there are plenty of dumb people out there—but that none of them are confused when they see “email” spelled without a hyphen.
I hate unnecessary keystrokes.
I don’t believe “That’s how we’ve always done it” is a valid excuse for anything.
I know how to spell “email.”

Join this group to help convince publishers and the dictionary holdouts that they’re behind the times with their hyphenated spelling. Email has evolved from its “electronic mail” roots, and so has the spelling. (read less)

I live in the 21st century.
I believe in the democratic evolution of language.
I am not a Luddite.
I believe there are plenty of dumb people out there—but that none of them are confused when they see “email” spelled without a hyphen.
I hate unnecessary keystrokes.
I don’t believe “That’s how we’ve always done it” is a valid excuse for anything.
I know how to spell “email.”

Join this group to help convince publishers and the dictionary holdouts that they’re behind the times with their... (read more)