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Cannae: the Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War.(Book Review)
; Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War, by Gregory...book is devoted to the question of the battle fought at Cannae. Daly was inspired to write this book by the ideas presented...He states, This book tries to examine the 'reality of Cannae' as experienced by the individual soldiers who ...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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CANNAE SPELL ?; Dinnae let the Scots tongue scunner you - get a computer.(News)
; If you're in a dither about whether it should be cannae or cannie there's nae need to sit around looking glaikit...still a bit baffled the word cannie means cautious, whereas cannae describes not being able to do something. Gallus or gallous...
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Why 'yer cannae shove yer grannie aff a bus'
; ...off in the ticket row (June 16) seem unaware of the song 'Ye cannae shove yer grannie aff a bus!' One of the ladies on the planned...again? The bus company is obviously not aware of the song 'Yer cannae shove yer grannie aff a bus'. MARGARET BARNES & MARY BULL Mallard...
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If your computer cannae spell, help is noo at haun!
; FOR those poor unfortunates among you who have difficulty distinguishing your cannie from your cannae, your scunnerit from your scunnert and your deid from your dee'd, help is, at last, at hand. This week the Scots language joins...
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Canny computer help for Scots who cannae spell
; ...advent of the electronic age has prompted a group of language experts to devise a canny computer spell-checker for Scots who cannae spell their native tongue. The CannieSpell can check more than 20,000 Scots words, work out plural and verb tenses and even...
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Ye cannae match yer granny as a teacher
; ...ditties to help them. Modern technology in the form of computers and televisions has been blamed for popular songs, such as Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny and The Three Craws, dying out. Now psychologists believe the traditional songs introduce pre- school children...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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The Crack: James Fenton: ye cannae bit alloo tha eh bes far an awa tha bess screevener, poet.(Features)
; ...knaws James Fenton wud greet ha eh bees a plain an gyely modest man an no tha kin tae blaw es ain trumpet ava. Hooiniver, ye cannae bit alloo tha eh bes far an awa tha bess screevener an poet wrochtin in tha Ulster Scots leid thedae. A houl ye tha feck o tha...
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Gibson: Pity the pupils wot cannae spell
; ...basic standards in literacy and numeracy. In plain English, they are thick. Whizzkids at the old keyboard, they just cannae spell, cannae speak proper, like what we seniors do. Tell me, what chance do they have of becoming a rocket scientist or a brain...
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The Cannae man
; ...descriptions of Trasimene, and of the subsequent carnage at Cannae, are breathtaking. Leckie brings the battle-tactics and manoeuvres...and horror linger powerfully on. The build-up to the battle of Cannae, where close on 60,000 Roman soldiers were hacked to death in...
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Cannae cook, willnae cook? Try Ulster-Scots.(News)
; ...time to do the cooking, in between the anecdotes and the jokes. It can only be a matter of time before he gets his own TV show, Cannae Cook, Willnae Cook, Hey. As the Rev Jim finished off and handed around the last pieces of buttered pancake, we licked our fingers...
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