Semantically a good call Marc. I had not made the connection before,
but "prove" and "probe" are indeed both derived from "probare" -
according to my Shorter Oxford.
Chris
At 13:25 +1100 31/01/03, Marc Lawrence wrote:
> Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
I just read about another experiment a few weeks ago.
So far, the theories hold up, but one repeatable failure
and into the dustbin of science they go.
...which is the origin of that oft-misused phrase "The
exception that proves the rule" (the word "prove", from Latin
"prob?re" originally meaning, I believe, simply "to test"
and not "to test as true". Similar to "probe").
Semantically yours,
Marc
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