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Erik Sheppard is a NY-based voice over talent…or is it voice-over talent?… or is it voiceover talent?

No one's for sure.  It's what makes choosing keywords for SEO on our websites challenging.  It's what makes SEARCHING for voice actors (vovice-actors?) challenging.

Erik's had it with all that (so have I, frankly), and he's asking his blogging friends to join him in a mission to find some concensus on this.  Read his e-mail to me below and join in, if you can.

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I am going to put up a blog post asking about this and I was wondering if you guys wanted to do the same and we can pool the results.  I think this has come from a scramble to find URLs that work for our industry but now I see spellings (pretty much equally) of "Voiceover" as one word, "Voice Over" as two, and the hyphenated "Voice-over."  I thought it might be fun to see what people usually use, hold a vote and then "proclaim" the winner as the proper spelling and usage in perpetuity.  We can bill it (tongue in cheek) as a definitive decision that, once democratically agreed upon, will reign supreme.

I know, groundbreaking bloggery as usual by Sheppard.  Anyway, I figured it might be even more ridiculous if a few blogs were involved.  If you guys are in I'm sure I can find some online poll service and share the code for an embed or widget.  Just a thought.

I hope all is well with all of you,
Erik

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Erik Sheppard - "Today's Voice" Owner/operator Voice Talent Productions Society of Accredited Voice Over Artists #07002 web: www.VoiceTalentProductions.com email: erik@VoiceTalentProductions.com phone: 631.332.9550

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