Tootfinder

On a Civil War tour last week the guide kept pointing out damage caused by "mini balls" and I assumed they were something akin to buckshot. After a bit of internet searching I realized she meant, "Minié balls," which are hollow bullets named after a French inventor. It all makes a lot more sense now. Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. #CivilWar #rifles #bullets #war #guns #cemetery

RE: #Northamptonshire

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania