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[OM] Re: Does "anal retentive" have a hyphen?

Subject: [OM] Re: Does "anal retentive" have a hyphen?
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:41:05 -0800
I would say that the use of the hyphen satisfies the definition of anal 
retentive. :-)


Winsor
Long Beach, CA
USA
On Mar 29, 2004, at 5:33 PM, Gary Edwards wrote:

> Perceptive, Walt.  I won't say which camp I fall in. . .
>
> Glad it's back, Thomas and Tom.  Thanks for everything.
>
> Gary
>
> Walt Wayman <hiwayman@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reading the posts that appeared after the List was revived today has 
> made it much easier to identify the anal-retentive ("Test, test!"), 
> the paranoid ("Have I been excommunicated?") and others who may 
> actually have a real life, and who, knowing that it happens sometimes, 
> just remained calm and checked their e-mail every hour. Or every two 
> hours. Or only morning, noon and night. Or maybe got up in the middle 
> of the night to see if things were back to normal, then tossed and 
> turned after being told "You have 0 new messages."
>
> I
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