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11-09-2012, 06:18 PM
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Killing Lincoln
New "Blog" on the NGeo Channel site regarding Killing Lincoln -
Can't wait for this one! http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/20...g-lincoln/ "The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley |
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11-10-2012, 05:17 AM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
I've already added it to my favorites.
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11-10-2012, 05:58 AM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
Most definitely. It's great they got Tom Hanks to be the narrator - commentator.
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11-10-2012, 12:09 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
But I'm not happy with two glaring errors in the text of this commercial: Mary Surratt was not the only woman executed by the federal government (they use the word "hanged" so I will have to check that validity), and Booth was killed in Virginia, not Southern Maryland. Whoever wrote that text seems to think Booth escaped first to Virginia and then to Maryland. Bet he flunked geography.
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11-10-2012, 02:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2012 02:13 PM by BettyO.)
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RE: Killing Lincoln
After rereading this I also noticed that "soldier" is misspelled as "soldeir".....
This is the WEBMASTER's problem - someone needs to proof after him/her!! Should we notify Erik? "The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley |
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11-10-2012, 06:34 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
I already posted a comment on that trailer. Hopefully they read it. Erik is also a member of this forum, but I don't know if he has time to follow us closely. Misspellings I can live with - now that the news media commit them constantly, but mishistory gets on my nerves.
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11-10-2012, 10:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-10-2012 10:39 PM by My Name Is Kate.)
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RE: Killing Lincoln
Speaking of misspellings, there is one on Lewis Powell's gravestone: "Calvary" instead of "Cavalry". Incidentally, that gallows scene has always reminded me of Calvary, complete with a mob of onlookers (not that I'm implying in any way that the condemned were innocent...it's just so horrific to look at...)
http://img5.fold3.com/img/thumbnail/2644...4_1216.jpg |
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11-11-2012, 08:59 AM
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11-11-2012, 12:36 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
Come, come, people, it was calvary to the average soldier even today. As my old hist prof said, "OK, but I refuse to accept cavalry."
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11-11-2012, 01:05 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
I would be willing to bet that 90% of the American public makes the same mistake. That still does not make it acceptable. The stonemason should make it right.
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11-11-2012, 03:29 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
It's not easy to spell things correctly with a southern accent
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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11-11-2012, 06:06 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
OMG, Gene. That's too funny! However, you are kinda right.
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11-11-2012, 06:15 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
Yawl er picken on us!
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11-11-2012, 06:41 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
If I remember correctly, Gene has a wonderful Southern accent.
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11-12-2012, 03:02 PM
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RE: Killing Lincoln
Is that a fairly new grave marker?
Bill Nash |
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