Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:45:04 -0500 From: Wayne Glowka Subject: Re: WOTY >Wayne, wasn't the winner "(hyphen)mom"? Yes, it was, although the hyphen was David's joke. The Chicago Sun-Times got the story wrong and the error was spread by AP. Peter Jennings should be told that "the phrase" is accented like a compound word despite its spelling. Wayne Glowka Professor of English Director of Research and Graduate Student Services Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA 31061 912-453-4222 FAX: 912-454-0873 Office: Arts & Sciences 3-04 wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu