For the grammar nazi's

[Innuendo]

Either.

But it's Panel Van not Panel van.

The squashing and joining of words is a very Australian thing. Where we use everytime or bottletop the Yanks are "every time" and "bottle top" and there are a thousand other examples. (think of the words atleast, worldwide and fullscreen.) Computers typically default to (US) English and this is having a huge effect on the world. Even if we choose (UK) English we are still corrupted (just not as much).

Some software that is developed here in Australia (or New Zealand) allows for the selection of US English, UK English and Proper English where "proper" is current Australian or Kiwi, othertimes it is for British English. Whoops there is another one - othertimes.

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All that said, I was taught "Lense" as a word at school when it should have been Lens.

Is it Sandman or Sand Man....
When a word pairing is popularised it becomes one word as a general rule.

Why do you ask Blocker?

[Blocker]

Either.

But it's Panel Van not Panel van...

Is it Sandman or Sand Man....

I wouldn't agree that both words are capitalised as Panel Van because neither word is a proper noun so capital letters shouldn't be used, it should be panel van. Unless it was written Holden Sandman Panel Van (or Panelvan) denoting that Holden and the model becomes a proper noun because it is the name of the manufacturer and model. The same as Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore, Ford Model T.

I'd say Holden intended it to be Sandman but I know what you mean about truncating our language I try to avoid it asmuch aspossible. The proper English dictionary is funny I must look into it.

Why do you ask Blocker?

Because of a game of Scrabble!

[hainzy]

Is it Sandman or Sand Man....

It has to be Sandman

This is a sand man.