[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14366: Standardize e-mail, email text

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#14366: Standardize e-mail, email text
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 Reporter:  niallkennedy  |       Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:                 
 Severity:  minor         |    Keywords:  has-patch      
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Changes (by demetris):

 * cc: dkikizas@… (added)


Comment:

 The latest edition of the Shorter OED (which is not really short if you
 have seen it, just a shorter version of the 20-volume full version)
 dropped hyphens by the thousands because “people are not confident about
 using hyphens anymore, they’re not really sure what they are for”:

 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSHAR15384620070921

 Now, coming to the proposed patch, I am opposed to changing strings just
 to unify hyphenated and unhyphenated spellings.  It breaks translated
 strings (too many in this case), adding extra work for translators without
 any compelling reason.

 But we should certainly standardize on a spelling, not only for email but
 for other words too, so that we can increase consistency as time goes by.

 (I’ve started drafting a style guide that deals with cases like that,
 among other things, and I believe I will have something ready by the time
 3.1 development starts.)

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