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History Lesson
« on: Jun 17th, 2006, 10:50am » |
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Subject: Now you know!
The History of the Middle Finger
Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I
know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends
in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun
when you know something about it?
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating
victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger
of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would
be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they
would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow
was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow
was known as "plucking the yew"(or "pluck yew"
Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset
and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the
defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew!"
Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant
cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodentals fricative F', and
thus the words often used in conjunction with the middle-finger-salute!
Also, because of pheasant feathers used on the arrows for the longbow,
the pluck yew gesture is also known as "giving the bird."
Because the act of "giving the bird" is usually done in a waving to
and fro motion, it is also known as "flipping the bird."
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #1 on: Jun 17th, 2006, 11:30am » |
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Jonny, How are you sneaking the smileys on to my posts?
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #2 on: Jun 17th, 2006, 11:40am » |
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on Jun 17th, 2006, 11:30am, tanner wrote:
Jonny, How are you sneaking the smileys on to my posts?
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Re: History Lesson
« Reply #3 on: Jun 19th, 2006, 2:40am » |
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"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."
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