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Εδώ λέει ότι η φράση "the heir and the spare" είναι σχετικά πρόσφατη και μάλιστα την οφείλουμε σε μια άλλη Αμερικάνα νύφη (που το φυσούσε το δολάριο όμως, όχι όπως η λεγάμενη που τον βάζει να γράφει βιβλία για να τα βγάλει πέρα ? ).
While the phenomenon is ancient, the saying "the heir and the spare" is quite recent, first coined in the 19th century.
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Despite its frequent use in discussions of the European aristocracy, according to some accounts, the phrase was actually coined by an American: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. Consuelo married into one of the poshest families imaginable in the U.K. — and quickly got wise to how the aristocracy operates.
While the phenomenon is ancient, the saying "the heir and the spare" is quite recent, first coined in the 19th century.
[...]
Despite its frequent use in discussions of the European aristocracy, according to some accounts, the phrase was actually coined by an American: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. Consuelo married into one of the poshest families imaginable in the U.K. — and quickly got wise to how the aristocracy operates.