is there a way of dealing with hyphens?

Gary Kline <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.accessibility
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	Hi People,

	What is the filter magic to turn "--" or " - " [ a hyphen]
	into a pause?   The first, "--" isn't recognized as a regex.
	Thanks for any clues!
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