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Might not [[German-Americans]] (note hyphen) be a more appropriate name for this article? [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 18:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
Might not [[German-Americans]] (note hyphen) be a more appropriate name for this article? [[User:J. Noel Chiappa|J. Noel Chiappa]] 18:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)
 
::Hyphen has been quite an issue [http://books.google.com/books?as_q=&num=30&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_libcat=0&as_brr=0&lr=&as_vt=%22German-Americans%22&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=&as_drrb=c&as_miny=&as_maxy=&as_isbn= and scholars are split] as these sources show. I prefer to avoid it. I just changes the ttitle of "Swedish American" to "Swedish Americans" to stress the noun rather than adjectives.


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Might not German-Americans (note hyphen) be a more appropriate name for this article? J. Noel Chiappa 18:26, 10 April 2008 (CDT)

Hyphen has been quite an issue and scholars are split as these sources show. I prefer to avoid it. I just changes the ttitle of "Swedish American" to "Swedish Americans" to stress the noun rather than adjectives.