[Bell Historians] One N or two?

[edward martin]

>From the Latin origin, It seems to me to make more sense that it OUGHT
to be NN .

The confusion here seems to arise from the French.  The word CANNON is
ultimately from Latin "canna," a reed, but in French it is usually
spelt CANON.  The word CANON is from Latin canon (from the Greek),
meaning "rule."  In French, this is also spelt CANON!  The OED lists
the bell part under CANON, but remarks that in that sense the origin
is obscure and it may be derived from CANNON.  The earliest English
references use CANON (R. Holme, Armoury, 1688), with the earliest use
of CANNON in 1872 (Ellacombe).

mew

On 9/14/06, Love, Dickon <dickon.love at 903llDFZX9P8KYNBWBm_nXJ4zmb4kpYB4iZxdORnGuaVO-mfOyGQyQExIeYhKifo4EmI_jSJaW-7Jr3y1osrDYXxVA.yahoo.invalid> wrote:
> > However, looking on an on line dictionary his version would seem to be
> > correct.
>
> The problem with online dictionaries is that most of them are American and therefore suspect.
>
> > One of the discrepancies that has occurred since our merger is one
> > of spelling ... Taylors Eayre and Smith
>
> Hmmm, not to mention grammar...
>
> DrL
>
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