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From: Frederick Williams <frederick.williams2@tesco.net>
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Subject: Re: Spelling South East Asia
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Einde O'Callaghan wrote:
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> Frederick Williams wrote:
> > How does one spell South East Asia? Like that or Southeast Asia or
> > South-East Asia?
>
> You will find all three versions in use. A quick look at the results of
> a Google search indicate that "southeast" is more common on American
> websites, whereas "south east" seems to be more common on British, Irish
> and Australian websites. The hyphenated form seems to be relatively
> rare, even if it is also orthographically correct - actually technically
> it is more correct in the adjectival form than "south east".
>
> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
I asked because D G E Hall's well-known book uses the hyphenated form in
its title.
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He is not here; but far away
The noise of life begins again
And ghastly thro' the drizzling rain
On the bald street breaks the blank day.
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