What they said. It's been in common usage long enough to be concatenated, I think.
Do you know The Simpsons digression on that? It's goes like this:
Bart: Please don't call our parents.
Chief Wiggum: I'm afraid I have to for hijinks like these. Hehe. Hijinks. Funny word. Three dotted letters in a row.
Eddie: Is it hyphenated?
Chief Wiggum: It used to be. Back in the bad old days. Of course every generation hyphenates the way it wants to. Then there's N'Sync. Heh. What the hell is that. Jump in any time, Eddie, these are good topics.
(Source here (http://www.lardlad.com/assets/quotes/season14/bartofwar.shtml), with broken link to a sound file!)
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Date: 2005-03-23 08:47 pm (UTC)Do you know The Simpsons digression on that? It's goes like this:
Bart: Please don't call our parents.
Chief Wiggum: I'm afraid I have to for hijinks like these. Hehe. Hijinks. Funny word. Three dotted letters in a row.
Eddie: Is it hyphenated?
Chief Wiggum: It used to be. Back in the bad old days. Of course every generation hyphenates the way it wants to. Then there's N'Sync. Heh. What the hell is that. Jump in any time, Eddie, these are good topics.
(Source here (http://www.lardlad.com/assets/quotes/season14/bartofwar.shtml), with broken link to a sound file!)