I'd probably stutter too if I were charging the batteries at
Balaclava.


> As for your recounting of Balaclava (see below), I believe "cannnon" is
> incorrect since I can't find it anywhere in a dictionary. I would tend
> toward "cannon" with a double consonant as opposed to a triple one, but I
> respectfully leave this to your own good judgment.
>
> Cordially,
> Doug
>
> ........................................
> Doug Lantry
> The Ohio Historical Society
> Statehouse Education and Visitors Center
> Columbus, Ohio
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> On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Harry Needham wrote:
>
> > The plural of "cannon" is "cannon"; as in
> >
> > "Cannon to left of them,
> > Cannon to right of them,
> > Cannnon in front of them
> > Volleyed and thundered"
> >
> > I can assure you that the poet was describing BATTERIES opposing the charge
> > of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, not individual guns.
> >
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