Friday, January 28, 2011

primordial and happenstance

pri·mor·di·al1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; original.
2. Primary or fundamental: play a primordial role.
3. Biology Belonging to or characteristic of the earliest stage of development of an organism or a part: primordial cells.

hap·pen·stance
A chance circumstance:
Considering the line was created not by primordial happenstance (hence a parallel cannot be drawn to the latitudinal centreline, the Equator) but by an international agreement inked in 1884, it behoves Britain to think twice before abandoning it for a time synchronised with Europe.

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