"Coworking" vs. "Co-working"
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Lauren McDaniel
Mar 5, 2018, 1:54:52 PM3/5/18
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I know many in the industry prefer "coworking" vs. "co-working" (hyphenating it). In New Mexico one of the prominent Business Journals is publishing a new coworking list but the survey states 'co-working.' When I approached the list editor that industry standard has become 'coworking' she said they follow AP style (but appreciated the heads up). I wonder what it might take to get AP to change it to one word? That might be what others are following as well (beyond just media). Any thoughts?
Lauren McDaniel
Jenn | Studio 25 Coworking
Mar 6, 2018, 1:34:42 PM3/6/18
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I'm so glad I'm not the only one asking this question! I've also found that coworking has become industry standard, but for a little while when we first started exploring the idea, we used co-working. (Since switching, I've had people make the "I don't know how to ork a cow" joke, which gets real old!) I don't know what it would take to make AP standard change, though; maybe if it's added to the dictionary without hyphenation? If it's an actual word instead of an idea, maybe that would take precedence.
Damian Mears
Mar 7, 2018, 11:21:10 AM3/7/18
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I use 'coworking' as a way to separate from 'co-worker'.
Kevin Whelan — Everspaces
Mar 26, 2018, 12:10:29 PM3/26/18
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We started years ago with on "co-working" but noticed more people search for and use the term "coworking" so decided to use that one.
Kevin Whelan
Everspace.com — Marketing for Coworking Spaces
Jeannine van der Linden
Mar 27, 2018, 11:19:38 AM3/27/18
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Well you could refer them to the definitive authority:
Jeannine van der Linden
Mar 27, 2018, 11:22:42 AM3/27/18
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Oops hit send too soon.
Anyway, here is the process to change it, as worked out by....another Lauren, lol.
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Jenn | Studio 25 Coworking
Mar 27, 2018, 11:24:02 AM3/27/18
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Oh my gosh, I love that they actually bought that domain! Glad there is a 'definitive' answer, though. Definitely validates the choice to not hyphenate!
Alex Hillman
Mar 27, 2018, 11:28:06 AM3/27/18
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Jenn | Studio 25 Coworking <he...@unit25creative.com> wrote:
Oh my gosh, I love that they actually bought that domain! Glad there is a 'definitive' answer, though. Definitely validates the choice to not hyphenate!
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Lauren McDaniel
Mar 27, 2018, 11:36:38 AM3/27/18
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Thank you for this! I reached out to the other Lauren to see if she had any update since 2014. Would love to see a consistent use of "coworking"!
Lauren McDaniel
Director | projectY cowork Los Alamos
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Ky Ekinci (Office Divvy ™)
Oct 6, 2018, 11:58:40 AM10/6/18
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This discussion about coworking vs. co-working really concludes now with the AP Stylebook's acknowledgement/announcement!
Yes, you'll enjoy witnessing the use of coworking and not co-working in the news and articles going forward.
Original tweet from AP Style Book here:
https://twitter.com/APStylebook/status/1047857825131712512
Congrats to all in the community who kept the pressure on, and never accepted AP Stylebooks' previous use.
Ky Ekinci
@OfficeDivvy
Alex Hillman
Oct 6, 2018, 12:08:04 PM10/6/18
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Brad Attig
Oct 6, 2018, 12:13:50 PM10/6/18
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I can now sleep at night!
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Ramon Suarez
Oct 8, 2018, 12:16:51 PM10/8/18
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Awesome. I'm so happy they finally acted on it and on the letter I sent to the head of AP as President of the European Coworking Assembly back in 2015 :) https://coworkingassembly.eu/tag/coworking-without-hyphen/
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