Re: My coming out as a conlanger
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 5, 2002, 17:42 |
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En réponse à Jake X <alwaysawake247@...>:
> Re: My coming out as a conlangerI just thought of a reason why there
> could
> be no gay monarchs in the traditional royal system (not that I aspired
> to be
> king, but just theoretically of a time when closets were burial pits).
> Where
> would the heirs come from? I don't think royalty adopted.
>
It depends on the type of royalty. The Western idea of a single patrimonial
line is far from universal, and even in Europe there were other systems. Very
often, the heir to the throne is not a direct descendant, but rather a nephew
or something like that. Some royalties even do adopt quite easily.
Christophe.
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