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

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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