Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:21 AM 2/29/2008, Didier Ludwig wrote: >Marc > >Even when written correctly , "Alles, was nicht Pflicht ist, ist >verboten" is a phrase I have never heard. If you meant "compulsory" >than "cumpolsury", this would mean "gesetzlich, vorgeschrieben, >obligatorisch" but also in all this combinations I do not know it as a >popular phrase. > >Hoppy alluded to "Alles, was nicht ausdr?cklich erlaubt ist, ist >verboten" (roughly translated in "Everything, which is not explicitely >allowed, is prohibited") which I can believe having heard about our >neighbour country (and also mine). > >"Mein Herr" is a hopelessly antiquated form of adress. Didier The phase I cited dates from the later 1600's. It appears in several cotnemporary works of German philosophy and also in de Maistre. We have had this discussion in the past. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!