News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Soda-Can Planimeter by veloxo on Saturday May 25, 2024 @01:29PM (#40476469)
"Coke can" is a phrasal adjective here and ought to be hyphenated, which removes the ambiguity: "Coke-can planimeter"
Re:Soda-Can Planimeter by ajb on Saturday May 25, 2024 @02:41PM (#40476981)
I don't think that's mandatory.

Noun phrases can be arbitrarily long in English and don't require connecting words or hyphens. This can be very confusing to people whose first language doesn't have this feature. Classic example: "Heathrow airport customer car park", a five word noun phrase (IE, noun noun noun noun noun) that native speakers find completely normal.