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History of the MIddle Finger
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Dawn
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Dec 05, 2003 22:27 PST
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SO I am just passing this along as I thought it to be rather interesting.
There are no 4 letter words used here it is just as it states the written
history onthe Middle Finger.
History of 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?
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Giving the Finger
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 weapon 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! "PLUCK YEW!" Since 'pluck yew'
is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning
has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words
often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!
It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird." And yew thought yew knew everything.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG> SO I am just passing this along as I thought it to be rather interesting. There are no 4 letter words used here it is just as it states the written history onthe Middle Finger.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<P align=center><FONT lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><B><FONT face=Arial>History of Middle finger<BR></FONT>
<P align=left><BR><FONT face=Arial>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?<BR><BR><BR> /' )<BR> ,/_ /<BR> / /<BR> /'_'/' '/'__'/','/'<BR> /'/ / / / /_\<BR> ( ( ' ' _ > \<BR> \ |<BR> \ / '<BR> \ /<BR> Giving the Finger<BR> <BR>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<BR>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.<BR><BR>This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").<BR><BR>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! "PLUCK YEW!" Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!<BR><BR>It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird." And yew thought yew knew everything.<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></B><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
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