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talideon
on Dec 15, 2014
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Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punct...
'red-head scarf' certainly isn't an acceptable use of a hyphen, unless the scarf is woven from the hair of a red-haired person.
scarygliders
on Dec 15, 2014
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I read that as "A scarf that red haired people wear"
SideburnsOfDoom
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That would be a legitimate way to parse that phrase, but it's far more likely that this is a typo for "red head-scarf". There isn't a particular kind of scarf worn by red-heads, AFIAK.
kefka
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Admittedly, I thought of the sexual double-entendre. Muff can make a nice scarf...
But I digress.
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