Slow Code wrote:

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!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing!

73

Steve, K4YZ

an old friend wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
Slow Code wrote:

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And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing!

73

Steve, K4YZ

responding to your own troll how pathetic

Morkie proving that he can't read the headers...How TRULY pathetic.

Stgeve, K4YZ

nobodys old friend wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
an old friend wrote:
K4YZ wrote:
Slow Code wrote:

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And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing!

73

Steve, K4YZ

responding to your own troll how pathetic

Stgeve, K4YZ

can't even spell you own name now

of course I am not surprised you have 10 hours psoting lie and after
about me

Sorry, Morkie...I wasn't posting about you for 10 hours.

Follow the DTG's in the headers.

proving that I am sadly for me one of the focuses of your life esp yous
online life

No...You're just the cheap entertainment. Your lies are
transparent and your reactions more predictable that "Old Faithful" at
Yellowstone Park.

When will you realize that you are your own worst enemy?

Steve, K4YZ

Slow Code wrote:

The History Of The Middle Finger

It's an urban legend. No truth to it.

The Brits wave *two* fingers, with the back of the hand towards the
person insulted. Basically the "V for Victory" gesture reversed. Nobody
who knows anything about archery pulls a bowstring with just the middle
finger - they use two fingers.

That 2 finger gesture was reportedly used at Agincourt, but didn't
originate there.

It reportedly derives from the practice that captured archers, if not
immediately executed or sold into slavery, would have those two fingers
cut off by the capturing enemy.

Yep, those medievals were real nice guys....

73 de Jim, N2EY