>
>I know in Dutch the members of the Estates General were generally
>referred to as the "Hoogmogende Heren der Staten-Generaal". How to
>translate Hoogmogende Heren? Well, these lords are high and mighty.
>Their High Powers sounds fine to me, but I'm not a native speaker of
>English, so I think you Angloes have to work this out for
>yourselves...
>
>Peter S.
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., michael donner <m@d...> wrote:
>> their left hand pages
>>
>>
>> their left handed pages
>>
>>
>>
>> er no
>> their left handed pitchers
>>
>>
>>
>> well then how about
>> their lofty horse players
>>
>> their light horsepowers
>>
>> their lighthouse persons
>>
>> no
>> their powerful lighthouses
>>
>> their high potentates
>> or potencies
>>
>> ahh
>> their highly potent lines
>>
>>
>> sniff
>> ok i give up
>>
>> m
>>
>>
>> >
>> >Question for the dutch out there:
>> >In a treaty i came across the letters LLHHPP being used to signify
>the Dutch
>> >government in the 1700s, ie the States General.
>> >I have since found our it means Leurs Hauts Puissants, just as
>SSMM stood
>> >for Ses Majesties in the text of the treaty.
>> >Can anyone tell me if there is an official or correct way to
>translate this
>> >into English?
>> >Their High Powers?
>> >Their High Powerfullnesses?
>> >
>> >B
>>
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