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Re: cannon, NOT "cannons" No!!! It's CANNNNNNON!
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Harry Needham <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Jul 1998 10:05:15 -0400
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Why do all my typos get spotted at the most embarrasing mom%ents?

Mea culpa, mea culpa.

Harry Needham
Special Advisor - Program Development
Canadian War Museum
330 Sussex Drive,
  Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0M8
Voice: (819) 776-8612  Fax (819) 776-8623
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> ----------
> From:         Mark Erik Nielsen[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Friday, July 10, 1998 9:48 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: cannon, NOT "cannons"
>
> Harry, does the third cannnon always have three 'n's?
>
> **************************************************************************
> Mark Nielsen
> Exhibit Designer/Preparator
> University of Michigan Museum of Art
> [log in to unmask]      313/647-2068
>
> 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.
> >
> > Harry Needham
> > Special Advisor - Program Development
> > Canadian War Museum
> > 330 Sussex Drive,
> >   Ottawa, Canada
> > K1A 0M8
> > Voice: (819) 776-8612  Fax (819) 776-8623
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Doug Lantry[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> > > Sent:         Thursday, July 09, 1998 5:35 PM
> > > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject:      cannons
> > >
> > > Hello all. Does anyone out there have bronze American Civil War-era
> > > cannons (outdoor or indoors) in their care? If so, how do you take
> care of
> > > them (cleaning, polishing, waxes, coatings, etc.)? I'm interested to
> see
> > > what the standard is on this.
> > >
> > > Your input is most appreciated.
> > >
> > > -Doug
> > >
> > > ........................................
> > > Doug Lantry
> > > The Ohio Historical Society
> > > Statehouse Education and Visitors Center
> > > Columbus, Ohio
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> >
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