Hide file extension by type (user-wide)

Is there a way to have Finder hide all file extensions of a particular type? (For example, if I wanted Finder to hide the *.svg suffix from all SVG files?)
I'm only interested in having this apply to one user, not necessarily system-wide, if that matters.
Lastly, if there is no built-in mechanism for this, could it be accomplished using some combo of AppleScript, Automator, and/or Folder Actions?
Thanks.

You can change individual file attributes, such as showing the file extension with "A Better Finder Attribute" from http://www.publicspace.net/ABetterFinderAttributes/index.html
I have used this program to mask all the file extensions for over 20,000 files that I transferred to my iMac from my old PC.

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