Coworker vs. Co-worker

[nq:1]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one? -Cloy[/nq]
I don't think you should worry about being somebody's cow's orker until the term applied to you is cow-orker. The first dictionary I checked offered "coworker." "Co-" is an established prefix which needs no "-".

Mike

[nq:2]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one? -Cloy[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think you should worry about being somebody's cow's orker until the term applied to you is cow-orker. The first dictionary I checked offered "coworker." "Co-" is an established prefix which needs no "-".[/nq]
It doesn't "need" it, but that doesn't (o

lightbulb schrieb:
[nq:2]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think you should worry about being somebody's cow's orker until the term applied to you is cow-orker. The first dictionary I checked offered "coworker." "Co-" is an established prefix which needs no "-".[/nq]
It actually depends on y

[nq:1]lightbulb schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:1]It actually depends on your coworkers, sometimes the spelling "cow orker" is deliberate. [/nq

[nq:2]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one? -Cloy[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't think you should worry about being somebody's cow's orker until the term applied to you is cow-orker. The first dictionary I checked offered "coworker." "Co-" is an established prefix which needs no "-".[/nq]
I suppose a codefendant could be someone

[nq:1]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one? -Cloy[/nq]
It's derived from cow-orker. Then, because orking cows is an activity requiring two people - one to hold the cow and the other to ork it - it became common parlance to assume that where there was one cow-orker there must be a second. So cow-orker became a term applied

Mike Lyle schrieb:
[nq:2]It actually depends on your coworkers, sometimes the spelling "cow orker" is deliberate. [/nq]
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[nq:2]I've always spelled it co-worker as coworker seems to refer to someone who orks cows. Suggestions on this one? -Cloy[/nq]
[nq:1]It's derived from cow-orker. Then, because orking cows is an activity requiring two people - one to hold the cow ... there must be a second. So cow-orker became a term applied generally to a person who works with another person.[/nq]
"Orking" means stuffing

[nq:1]Mike Lyle schrieb:[/nq]
[nq:2] What interests me is how this slightly strange word gainedcurrency.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought I'd explained that in that part of my post which you've snipped. What more, exactly, would you like to know?[/nq]
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It actually depends on your coworkers, sometimes the spelling "cow orker" is deliberate.

[nq:1] I wondered, in the bit you snipped, what was felt to be inadequate about such words as "colleague". Sorry if it wasn't clear. Mike.[/nq]
It is a class distinction. Colleague is more professional than co-worker.

Joanne