[HANASHIR:12281] Re: [HANASHIR:12280] Re: question on words. one word, actually.

[elerner1 <elerner1...>]

On 9/24/02, "I.Oppenheim" <i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl> wrote: 

>'God' is not a name of God, just as 'president' is not
>a name of George Bush.


so why do some people insist on writing God as G-d unless it is just the idea 
that this English word is  used as a formal name for God? where and when did 
this use of the dash in the English language come from? Ln


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