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In article <nUdgd.10064$. net>, noemail760
@noemail.com says...
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>Subject says it all.
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>S.

OK.

Hunt

And cannons go "Boom", Canons go phttttt. LOL

"Phil Stripling" <> wrote in message
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> "S." <> writes:
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> > Subject says it all.
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> Uh, that's damn it, I presume? :->
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"George E. Cawthon" <GeorgeC-> wrote in message
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> "L.C." wrote:
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>> "S." <> wrote in message
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>> > "James Silverton" <> wrote in message
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>> > > To leave the subject of whether dammit is cussing, it is interesting
>> that,
>> > > according to Carl Shipman's book on Canon SLRs, the original name of
>> > > the
>> > > camera company was Kwanon, after the goddess of mercy. Production
>> started
>> > > in 1935 tho' the original was for laboratory use and highly
>> > > "inspired"
>> by
>> > > the Leica. The company began selling its own Serenar lenses in 1939
>> > > and
>> > > changed the name to Canon in 1947. There was always only one internal
>> "n",
>> > > AFAIK.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > James V. Silverton
>> > > Potomac, Maryland, USA
>> >
>> > That is interesting to know. I always thought the Canon Company
>> > cleverly
>> > used the name "Canon" because of its connotation of a "standard" as in
>> > religious thought. I don't know why I would think the a Japanese
>> > optical
>> > company would be that cerebral.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
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>> It isn't surprising that a Japanese company would be cerebral, but it
>> would
>> be surprising that they would be cerebral in English.
>>
>> lc
>
> Exactly! Only a person stuck in one language (English) would think
> that a Japanese company would name the a camera with any thought of
> English.


Good point too. I guess that's why you see inadvertant funny names for
Chinese restaurants.

S.

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:40:50 +0100, "Fi Nishing"
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> "S." <> wrote in message
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>> Subject says it all.
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>> S.
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> I knoww. I havve severall of themm, pluss qquite a feww Cannonn
> lenssess. Oh, and a tripodd or twoo tooo.
> Does my beanbagg count?
> Fi

(Bob flashes back to 1980 and forgetting to load 'kbfix' from cassette
tape on his TRS-80 Model I ...)

S. <> wrote:
>Subject says it all.

>S.

Dunno. Depends on what you are shooting...

--- Paul J. Gans

"steven" <> wrote in message news:<Xtkgd.3200$>...
> "Tony" <> wrote in message
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> > It's 'damn it' (or at best 'damnit') not 'dammit', Dimwit.
> >
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> Ha! ever heard anyone say 'damn it'? 'damn it' and 'damnit' is for
> dictionaries, dammit.


"ARE for dictionaries." Two words, therefore a plural verb.
And you always hear someone saying "damn it" because that's how it's
spelled. They know how to pronounce it, but not how to write it down.

Oh, hang on, I just found this thread...
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ca...ol.com&rnum=27

Chadwick wrote:
> "steven" <> wrote in message news:<Xtkgd.3200$>...
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>>"Tony" <> wrote in message
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>>>It's 'damn it' (or at best 'damnit') not 'dammit', Dimwit.
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>>Ha! ever heard anyone say 'damn it'? 'damn it' and 'damnit' is for
>>dictionaries, dammit.
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>
>
> "ARE for dictionaries." Two words, therefore a plural verb.
> And you always hear someone saying "damn it" because that's how it's
> spelled. They know how to pronounce it, but not how to write it down.
>
> Oh, hang on, I just found this thread...
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ca...ol.com&rnum=27

As our man Skip said: "I could care less about all these silly bets
about Cannon and Nikkon since they don't effect me. I hope you loose
them all."

Well put. The other sorts of gaffes are errors up with which I shall not
put.

--
John McWilliams

"Chadwick" <> wrote in message
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> "steven" <> wrote in message
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>> "Tony" <> wrote in message
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>> > It's 'damn it' (or at best 'damnit') not 'dammit', Dimwit.
>> >
>>
>> Ha! ever heard anyone say 'damn it'? 'damn it' and 'damnit' is for
>> dictionaries, dammit.
>
>
> "ARE for dictionaries." Two words, therefore a plural verb.
> And you always hear someone saying "damn it" because that's how it's
> spelled. They know how to pronounce it, but not how to write it down.
>
> Oh, hang on, I just found this thread...
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ca...ol.com&rnum=27


I am proud to say that I started that thread too!

S.