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

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 7, 2004, 20:09
 --- Benct Philip Jonsson skrzypszy:

> >Strange. In French the saying has always been "l'exception qui confirme la > >règle", never *"qui prouve la règle". > > In Swedish it is _undantaget som bekräftar regeln_, > and _bekräfta_ means 'confirm and nothing else. > What's the Dutch BTW?
"De uitzondering, die de regel bevestigt". Confirm and nothing else! Jan ===== "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html

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