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| | The History of the Middle Finger |
| created @ 07/24/2008 01:23 am |
| mum expired. [FRIENDS] |
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| > > 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> > 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."> > IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY! |
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