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Monday 25 March 2013

FUCK YOU!!!

"PLUCK YOU" you french.

Interesting history behind "F*** you"

Before the battle of agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the midle finger of all captured soilders.
Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therfore they would be incapable to fight in the future.
This famous english longbow was made of the english yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was know as "plucking the yew" or "pluck yew".
Much to the biwilderment of the french the english won a major upset and began mocking the french by waving their middle finger at the defeted 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 word often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute!
it is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrow used in the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird". It is still an appropriate salute to the french today.
and you thought yew knew every plucking thing!!!

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