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Old 25-Nov-2015, 9:34 AM   #16
MikeBear
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Location: Mid-Michigan - Retired on Beta Omicron Delta III
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Originally Posted by DarkStar View Post
Not bad Mike! Kudos for remembering your Latin!

Actually it's: Evil to him that thinks evil (thoughts), but more evil to him that does evil (things). It is an Anglo-Norman maxim translated from the Old French: Honi soit qui mal y pense. THAT may look more familiar to any true anglophiles among us!
Sorry, my family was Saxon! Not Anglo-Saxon, and earlier than Anglo-Norman. My mother was from Transylvania, specifically, Siebenburgen.
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