Statistics: Posted by Tenethia — Thu Sep 10, 2015 4:03 pm
Statistics: Posted by hansgeorg — Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:24 am
Notice that until 1800, single and double -n- spellings were usedcannon
Forms: Also 15thC (chanon), 15–17thC canon.
Etymology: In 16th cent. also canon , Scottish cannoun , < French canon (14th cent. in Littré) = Provençal canon, Catalan canó, Spanish cañon , Italian cannone , lit. ‘great tube, barrel’, augmentative of canna, canne = cane n.1, reed, pipe, tube. The spellings canon and cannon occur side by side down nearly to 1800, though the latter is the more frequent after c1660
canon
Forms: ME canoun, (ME canown), 15–17thC cannon, OE, ME– canon.
Etymology: Found in Old English as canon , < Latin canon rule, < Greek κανών rule. Early Middle English had ˈcanon , probably < Old English, and caˈnun , caˈnoun , < Old French canun , canon , the French descendant of the Latin. Senses 12 – 14 are of obscure origin; some or all may belong to cannon n.1 in French spelt canon
Statistics: Posted by Ajnos — Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:08 pm
Statistics: Posted by hansgeorg — Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:15 am
It occurred to me, that since all the recent Narnia movies have had feature battles that they might try to put a battle in The Silver Chair. After all, there are two possible armies that could attack Narnia: the Giants of Ettinsmoor and the Underland Gnomes.
Altered Version 1: The Giants of Ettinsmoor attack Narnia because they are angry about their Autumn Feast not being as elaborate as originally planned.
Altered Version 2: The Lady of the Green Kirtle gets further along in attacking Narnia than she should. She uses her enchanted gnomes to attack Narnia. Jill and Eustace barely stop her before she reaches the throne of Narnia.
Altered Version 3: The Gnomes attack Narnia, but stop when the witch is killed. They are so horrified that they were enchanted to fight for her, that they decide to attack the Giants of Ettinsmoor who are also attacking Narnia.
My question is: Why do we have to have a battle? Isn't the story itself interesting enough already?
I hope they do not have the gnomes attack Narnia, they are such friendly people and it would be very sad to see them fighting Narnia just because they were enchanted. We would probably also never find out about Bism, but the movie might cut that scene for time anyway. I also do not think gnomes would stick around to fight the Giants of Ettinsmoor since they are so afraid of being on the surface.
What are your thoughts?
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