Re: The History of Giving the Finger
From Sam Blanning <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.org>
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· 12 Nov 2002 16:15 · View full thread
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"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in message news:aqqi4e$c09h8$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... [fuck] > Online Etymology Dictionary: > http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/f5etym.htm > > Written form only attested from early 16c. (O.E.D. supplement cites 1503 > > in the form fukkit; earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535) [...] > > It apparently is hinted at in a scurrilous 15c. poem written in bastard > > L. and M.E., titled "Flen flyys." The relevant line reads: Non sunt in > > celi quia fuccant uuiuys of heli "They [the monks] are not in heaven > > because they fuck the wives of Ely." Sweet. So the number 1 swearword was inspired by my home city, sort of.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,90c7c913f8c07932 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-11-12 08:15:52 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!nycmny1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!colt.net!diablo.theplanet.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!not-for-mail From: "Sam Blanning" <enq...@nationalcoursingclub.org> Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: The History of Giving the Finger Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:15:25 -0000 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <aqr9fn$ha9$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <3DC...@erols.com> <aqp02d$d8s$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> <Pin...@yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk> <aqqedo$abg$1...@pheidippides.axion.bt.co.uk> <aqqi4e$c09h8$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.134.98.183 X-Trace: news5.svr.pol.co.uk 1037117751 17737 217.134.98.183 (12 Nov 2002 16:15:51 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Nov 2002 16:15:51 GMT X-Complaints-To: abu...@theplanet.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:20580
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