Re: partheno--who?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=primogeniture



On Jun 15, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Dr Digby L. James wrote:

> No, definitely the right definition, I just forgot the
smiley!
>
>>
>> Not so! Primogeniture is the state of being the
first-born -  
>> that's how hereditary heads of state are
designated
>> .
>>
>> And you... an Englishman with the wrong
definition!
>>
>> fcollyer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jun 15, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Dr Digby L. James
wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> parthenogenesis
>>>>
>>>> I had it mixed up with primogeniture.
>>>
>>> That's the ancient English rule whereby the
head of state is  
>>> chosen by an accident of birth from a foreign
family.
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I believe you've missed a joke referring to foreign-born
princesses.  
See, we really don't pay attention to that stuff on this
side of the  
Atlantic. We have a different kind of royalty. 
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