Difference between revisions of "Can"
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| − | + | [[File:Warhol exhibition.jpg|thumb|Soupcan pillars: Royal Scottish Academy, 20th anniversary of Warhol's death, Tom Rolfe, 8.7. 2007]] | |
| − | /<span style="color:#030;">kænz</span>/ ('''cans''') refers to what in French are called ''boîtes de conserve''. Go figure. :) English "boxes" refer to many things, but not to cylinders. It was a Frenchman, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Appert Nicolas Appert], who invented the process of canning, which helped provision Napoleonic troops in the War of 1812. | + | The noun <span style="color:#030;font-size:75%;">/naʊn/</span> pronounced /<span style="color:#030;">kænz</span>/ ('''cans''') refers to what in French are called ''boîtes de conserve''. Go figure. :) English "boxes" refer to many things, but not to cylinders. It was a Frenchman, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Appert Nicolas Appert], who invented the process of canning, which helped provision Napoleonic troops in the War of 1812. |
==modal verb== | ==modal verb== | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 1 March 2020
noun
The noun /naʊn/ pronounced /kænz/ (cans) refers to what in French are called boîtes de conserve. Go figure. :) English "boxes" refer to many things, but not to cylinders. It was a Frenchman, Nicolas Appert, who invented the process of canning, which helped provision Napoleonic troops in the War of 1812.
