To - or not to -?

vsergu on 2002-01-19T01:06:53

"If you take hyphens seriously, you will surely go mad."
(John Benbow, Manuscript and Proof, 1937)

From this week's "News of the Weird" (but not on the site yet):

Legal fees had risen to about $30,000 as of November in the Golden, Colo., battle between ex-lovers David Rosenthal and Barbara Newman over whether their 2-year-old child is named "Kyleigh Rosenthal-Newman" or "Kyleigh Rosenthal Newman."

I'm having flashbacks to my life as a copyeditor.


Simple Addition

chaoticset on 2002-01-19T02:21:54

Virtually No Intellect
+ Lots Of Money
------------------------
Stupid Behavior In Court

"Legal fees had risen to about $30,000..."

TorgoX on 2002-01-19T06:51:42

Hopefully this is not the kind of law that people have in mind when they talk about extending "the rule of law" into various lawless parts of the globe.