atw: OT Re: cuckoo's nest
- From: "Naomi Kramer" <nkr@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:35:16 +1000
Terry,
Hmmm... maybe I'm confused with semantics. What would be the
term used for a child conceived by two people, one of whom is
married, the other not married? Wouldn't this child be termed a
bastard too?
- Naomi
> Dear Naomi,
>
> I'm talking in the first sense of b@st@rd - i.e.
> meaning 1: being born out of wedlock. And, as the
> youngest in my family, that would mean all of my
> siblings were also 'tainted' in such a way - given
> that we all have the same two parents who didn't
> divorce prior to my arrival. No one has accused me of
> being sweet, though coarse is not too far off the
> mark.
>
> Now, as for being called a cuckoo - that's probably
> fair (though I'm sure I wasn't fostered, my parents
> and I are way too alike) and doesn't necessarily
> reflect on the rest of the family - other than we all
> draw from the same gene pool. Which then relates to my
> standard answer when my parents say something like
> "Why did you do something so stupid?" Can conveniently
> blame them for everything I do! :)
>
> Cheers,
> Terry
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