note on "bastard"

[victor steinbok]

I vote for "inconsequential"--female bastards could not--or were not likely
to--inherit. In most cases, they were not likely to be admitted either.

VS-)

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> We know that illegitimate children played villains in English literature
> for
> centuries - especially sons, perhaps because female bastardy was too
> horrible to think much about (or too inconsequential? Dunno.). ...

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