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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Canons</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried to persuade Paul Cattermole to use one 'n'
but was not sufficiently eminent!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently it is something to do with the
resemblance to the boss on the end of a cannon. And bellfounders often cast guns
- in fact JT&Co have done a couple only recently. However there are numerous
instances of both uses right back to the 17th century.</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An eminent bellfounder once told me that the single
'n' had something to do with senior clergy: as crooked as the loops on top of a
bell. On thjat, I couldn't possibly comment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But what has been good enough for four
generations of the two present bellfoundries ought to be good enough for the
junior branch at TESCO! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] One N or
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<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">One of the discrepancies that has
occurred since our merger is one of spelling. The Taylor side has always spelt
"canons" with one N, however David Marshall is insistent that there are two
but, whilst it is true he has been around longer than the rest of us, we
remain unswayed and unconvinced.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">However, looking on an on line dictionary
his version would seem to be correct.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Then again, looking at all the eminent
publications of recent years, one N seems to be the normal spelling. Messers
Dalton, Dawson, Eisel, Jennings, Ketteringham, Pickford and Sharpe to mention
but a few fall into this camp.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Paul Cattermole is the exception that I
came across, siding with DJM.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Is this a question without satisfactory
answer or can anyone be definitive? </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Cheers</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face">Andrew Higson</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Baskerville Old Face">Bellmaster</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Baskerville Old Face">Taylors Eayre and Smith</FONT> </P><SPAN
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