# Can I "fix" the mapping of -- to en dash with "Watched Words" (or in some other way)?

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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-fix-the-mapping-of-to-en-dash-with-watched-words-or-in-some-other-way/208118 "2021-11-03T14:57:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-fix-the-mapping-of-to-en-dash-with-watched-words-or-in-some-other-way/208118/2 "2021-11-03T15:57:15Z")

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You could turn it off using the `enable_markdown_typographer` admin setting? It would stop the → and ™ etc ones as well, but it seems the simplest way.

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