Are we talking about "pre-Internet" or "pre-mechanical typewriter" years ago?
And were those "pre-Vatican II" or "pre-Nicean Council" nuns?
Seriously: Whatever you remember those nuns having taught you, it's time to come to grips with the fact that it's wrong.
I defy you to present a single book (the "Domesday Book" and the "Book of Kells" excepted) which adheres to such orthography!
Regards,
P.S. Are you a "Gay-State Conservative" or a "Gay State-Conservative?"
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