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Re: OT: Proving the rule (was Re: OT: Russian in ASCII?)

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 14:27
En réponse à Tristan McLeay :


>The expression is 'the exception that proves the rule', and harkens back >to an older meaning of 'prove' and 'proof' of 'test'. Though along with >the changed definition of 'prove', the saying's been misanalysed as >meaning what you said.
Strange. In French the saying has always been "l'exception qui confirme la règle", never *"qui prouve la règle". Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.

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