How should "Churchill" be hyphenated when it breaks across two lines?
- Chu-rchill,
- Chur-chill,
- Churc-hill, or
- Church-ill?
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8It has been shown that it is impossible to break Churchill.– Edwin AshworthMay 9, 2013 at 9:41
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Related What are the rules for splitting words at the end of a line? english.stackexchange.com/q/385/14666– KrisMay 9, 2013 at 11:22
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Chu-rchill or Churc-hill would be the wrong pronunciation (if pronounceable at all).– Tim LymingtonMay 9, 2013 at 17:05
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@TimLymington Yes. Neither Chu-rchill nor Churc-hill but Church•ill is possible probably assuming Church + hill with the aspirate at the front of hill being 'not pronounced' ('pronounced' in the sense of 'emphasized.')– KrisMay 10, 2013 at 11:16
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its actually ........ "Chur-chill"
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1Maybe you're right. But the reference points to pronunciation, not hyphenation in spelling.– KrisMay 9, 2013 at 11:17
(c) Purdue OWL on Hyphen Use
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Use a hyphen to divide words at the end of a line if necessary, and make the break only between syllables:
pref-er-ence
sell-ing
in-di-vid-u-al-ist
The TFD entry for Churchill lists more than one possibility for the syllabification.
Chur·chill (?AHD)
Church•ill (?Random House)
