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#165109 01/18/07 11:33 PM
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Of course, 'bastard child' is redundant.




So, you stop being a bastard when you grow up?

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Of course, 'bastard child' is redundant.




So, you stop being a bastard when you grow up?




Touché! Certainly William of Normandy was no child when he conquered England in 1066, while still widely known as "The Bastard".

#165111 01/19/07 06:56 PM
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Then I propose that is a "young Bastard".
Could a "Bastard child" be the offspring of someone without a documented father?

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Then I propose that is a "young Bastard".
Could a "Bastard child" be the offspring of someone without a documented father?




In current standard English that would be "bastard's child", na?

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: An exceedingly humourous epithet when properly delivered in Monty Python fashion, with cheeks puffed to the point of straining and released in a loud gust.


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