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Punctuation That Links But Keeps Its Distance
a: The hyphen ~
b: a little grammatical bridge
What: "Many married Black women have begun hyphenating their last names. This tradition seems to be getting more and more popular within our community: probably because it implies that a woman's independence and individuality can be equal to her reliance and solidarity to her husband. The hyphen is like a little grammatical bridge, that crosses any gaps, gorges, or ravines between a woman's identity when she was single, and her new identity as a wife."
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Writer: Charles Kellom
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:31 PM
# 4011 Critique Analogy
a: The hyphen ~
b: a fresh sprig of parsley
What: "Venga-ization, the act of venga-izing somone. Popularly used as the sound of deadlines whooshes by. Alternate spelling vengaization again seems like it's missing something. Venga-ization, the act of venga-izing somone. Popularly used as the sound of deadlines whooshes by. Alternate spelling vengaization again seems like it's missing something. The hyphen is like a fresh sprig of parsley. is like a fresh sprig of parsley."
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Writer: Adam Rifkin
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:40 PM
# 4013 Critique Analogy
Words As Cells Out Of Control
a: The hyphen ~
b: a semantic cell
What: "Small, but overwhelming, the hyphen is like a semantic cell spawning in Internet time expressions whose meanings you'll never keep up with. This struck me recently when talking with the chief technology officer of Identrus LLC, the global bank network for B-to-B ecommerce, which, he told me, will ultimately be also for "B-to-C, B-to-E and B-to-A." To you and me, that's consumers, employees and authorities (the government), respectively."
Useful?
Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:42 PM
# 4014 Critique Analogy
Roping Thoughts Together
a: The hyphen ~
b: a piece of rope
What: "Compounding the word with a hyphen is like tying them together with a piece of rope, forming a new word with a new meaning, or at least separating it from the meaning the words would have separately, to be able to more closely define the intention behind the sentence itself."
Useful?
Writer: Jackiepro
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 11 2013 5:42 PM
# 4015 Critique Analogy
Emotionial Bonding Training Wheels
a: The hyphen ~
b: training wheels
Not A Messay Dash
a: The hyphen ~
b: milk without chocolate syrup
What: "A hyphen hyphenates. No shortcuts are needed to create the hyphen. The hyphen has its own key - right next to the zero - on your keyboard. It is what it is, nothing fancy. A hyphen is like milk without chocolate syrup. It's plain ol' vanilla ice cream (and sometimes vanilla is all we need, right?)."
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Writer: Donya Lynne
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:50 PM
# 4017 Critique Analogy
a: The hyphen ~
b: antibiotics for chlamydia
What: "The hyphen is like antibiotics for chlamydia. Use sparingly, and only when need be."
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Writer: Hisham Wyne
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Date: Oct 11 2013 5:52 PM
# 4018 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.