On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 21:19:53 -0500 Phoebus Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> At 12:20 �� 2/7/2001 +0100, you wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >writes
> ><SNIP>
> >>> >> "The exception proves the rule"
> >>I'm sorry to say that the immediately above is spurious and
> requires
> >>comment:
> ><SNIP>
> >An interesting new take on the subject. I got my information from
> my
> >English lecturer at college who extensively studied English usage
> and the
> >changes which have occurred over the centuries. Of course the usage
> of the
> >word to prove have been changed over the years too and, in baking
> >parlance, you use the word to describe the fermenting process so
> that
> >harks back to the 'pudding'. This is, however, not a real subject
> for
> >discussion on this list and should be continued in private if you
> want.
> >
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>
> I can't help it but butt in.... the actual phrase is a translation
> of an
> ancient Greek phrase which actually means, the EXCEPTION REAFFIRMS
> (NOT
> TESTS) THE RULE :-)
"Test" as in "testament"!?!
So, the translation from the original Greek phrase would appear to remain
authentic despite thoughts to the contrary.
Of course, this reminds me of a couple of proverbs which I first heard in
Russian and which, many years later, I subsequently heard in English --
from wither and whence is the real origin?
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