OFF TOPIC:
This doesn't relate directly to AXC, but it does relate to recent events here on the board. In an effort to understand why people occasionally get irritable with one another, it's nice to examine the social roots of human behavior. Just trying to help keep the peace.
Hope this helps..........al
A Little history lesson for you...History of Giving the Finger:
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 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 are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter.
It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used w/ the
longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird".
And yew thought yew knew everything! |
