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					Originally Posted by InfoGuy  That's a very bad idea. You're going to lose a lot of type-in traffic to the non-hyphenated domain. | 
	
 
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					Originally Posted by Licker4U  I realize that but the letters of the word make an anacronym for a  phrase I want to use      What else can I do? | 
	
 Personally I think the non-hyphenated issue is simply one that's been passed down from generation to generation without thought.
There are times when hyphens are appropriate.  In Licker's case, I think it would work if he can really brand the acronym so that people, when they think of his site, think of G. I. R. L. S. and not GIRLS