'Email' or 'E-mail' wording

[jonpwilson]

Hello,

I'm happy to make the changes to this, just wanted to check which one should be the consistent spelling of e(-)mail.

The menu item is 'Email':

The page that opens is 'E-mail':

The form for setting it up reverts back to 'Email':

I'm happy to change them either way, it should just be the same spelling each time.

Thanks

[FroggyFlox]

Another nice spotting, @jonpwilson !

I agree with you that we need consistency there. The question is then: which one?
I quickly looked it up and it seems that no consensus has been reached on either form of the word. The hyphenated "e-mail" seems to progressively fade away in favor or the non-hypenated form "email", so I would lean towards the latter ("email").

I also personally prefer "email" over "e-mail", to be honest.

[jonpwilson]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who couldn't find a consensus. The closest I've found is that Merriam-Webster appears to redirect 'email' to 'e-mail': https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/email

I don't have access to the main dictionary itself, but the OED uses 'e-mail' on its own site:

Like you, I prefer 'email' but I think that's just years of (ab)use...

[FroggyFlox]

That begins to be a fun little conversation :) .

I noticed the same about Merriam-Webster, but also noticed it seems to be among the last few institutions to retain recommendation of "e-mail". Others who used to be in the same group now favor "email" apparently, that's why I was thinking it's "only" a matter of time before Merriam-Webster too adapt.

The more I think about it, the more it looks like I'm trying to convince myself that my preference for "email" is entirely justified ;) .

[jonpwilson]

The more I think about it, the more it looks like I'm trying to convince myself that my preference for "email" is entirely justified ;) .

Ha! That's entirely the reason I created this rather than just making the changes, I wanted someone else to justify it for me :)

I'll make the change to a 'email' then, the consistency is more important to me than a hyphen!

[FroggyFlox]

I'll make the change to a 'email' then, the consistency is more important to me than a hyphen!

I couldn't agree more; thanks a lot for taking care of this!

[jonpwilson]

Apologies for the double PR - I had an issue with Sublime deleting most of the JSON in the fixtures which I'd only spotted after I created it. Reverting the changes didn't reflect in the created one so I had to create a second.

Sorry!

[phillxnet]

Apologies for the double PR - I had an issue with Sublime deleting most of the JSON

No worries at all. I've left a note on your pr re the fixtures stuff that should help here.