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Subject:
RE:Translation difficulties
doggtag
5/4/2004 11:17:11 PM
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| To REALLY get lost in translations, look up where we got "cannon" from, the days of the fighting sails. Ships were armed with bombards, culverin, cannon, demi-culverin, demi-cannon, and a whole bevy of names to label their shot weapons. Somewhere along the way, it was decided that the best firepower per size/weight ratio came from the culverin and cannon weapons, and over time "cannon" came to be the common name. |
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