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In article om>,
says...

> I was raised as an Orthodox Jew and we never pronounce the name of G-d
> (except in prayers and when reading the Torah to the congregation), nor
> do we spell it out when writing. That's why you see the dash.


Thanks, I'd often wondered why people did that.

Janet UK