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    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 12 19:47:53 2025
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    https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nagelprobe

    [2] „Ein Seitensprung kann zur Nagelprobe einer Beziehung werden.“[5] «Seitensprung»: Wenn Gefühle ins Wanken kommen. In: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 25. Juni 2015 (URL, abgerufen am 21. März 2020).

    [2] “An affair can be the acid test of a relationship.” [ 5 ]


    ----------- This reminds me of a book I read in the 1980's.
    The author (a Communist) studied in Germany in the 1930's or maybe
    a bit later.

    At the time, among German youths, a big issue was the question of Sex
    before Marriage.

    According to the book, there was a common slogan (or
    Motto), but I can't remember the exact wording. Does anyone remember
    it?

    It was something like:

    "Keine Prüfungen, was für eine Liebe?" (This is what I remember)

    --- (Without (Tests, Trials) experimentation, what good is
    Love ?)



    "Keine Proben, was für Lieben?"

    "Keine Prüfungen, was ist das für eine Liebe?"

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Jun 14 20:09:41 2025
    XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    On Thu, 12 Jun 2025 19:47:53 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nagelprobe

    [2] „Ein Seitensprung kann zur Nagelprobe einer Beziehung werden.“[5] «Seitensprung»: Wenn Gefühle ins Wanken kommen. In: Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 25. Juni 2015 (URL, abgerufen am 21. März 2020).

    [2] “An affair can be the acid test of a relationship.” [ 5 ]


    ----------- This reminds me of a book I read in the 1980's.
    The author (a Communist) studied in Germany in the 1930's or maybe
    a bit later.

    At the time, among German youths, a big issue was the question of Sex
    before Marriage.

    According to the book, there was a common slogan (or
    Motto), but I can't remember the exact wording. Does anyone remember
    it?

    It was something like:

    "Keine Prüfungen, was für eine Liebe?" (This is what I remember)

    --- (Without (Tests, Trials) experimentation, what good is
    Love ?)



    "Keine Proben, was für Lieben?"

    "Keine Prüfungen, was ist das für eine Liebe?"




    in Sci.Lang, I used to be gratefully aware of
    Helmut Richter (who often gave me excellent responses) --- has he disappeared?


    Maybe I'll describe a few of the most interesting or informative responses that he gave me.


    PTD once gave me a great response ------- which was........
    about this joke in German which goes.............
    ( a few of you remember it?)


    ________________________

    Bojewski (was that his real name?) probably spoke German, but
    he rarely answered my questions.

    He had a talent for responding to me
    in a certain way.

    by 1. bragging he knows many languages
    -- (providing some hints or details to back that up)

    2. without giving me any details that I'd want or asked about

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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