User talk:DavidTangye

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Life-jacket, lifejacket, really?
David, when you reverted my little correction, your edit summary was simply lifejacket or life-jacket is correct. Though I'm not passionate about this article, nor about alternate spellings for what the AHD calls life jacket,I would be curious to know on what source you base that assertion. I've only seen lifejacket on Wikipedia, and life-jacket looks a bit antique to me, maybe the way someone would have written it when the term first appeared. Interesting note: I just checked my hard copy of the OED, and the term doesn't appear there at all. Eric talk 22:55, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Eric, did I do that??
I wonder why, it was so long ago. You can see how little I am on here!

I cannot remember the basis for my assertion.

I am not sure whether you will now be notified of this reply, nor whether it is even in the correct place. (Note to self??) When I get time I will learn more about editing and collaborating in here. DavidTangye (talk) 04:44, 18 March 2015 (UTC)