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From: "Sam Blanning" <enquiries@nationalcoursingclub.org>
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Subject: Re: The History of Giving the Finger
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"Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com> wrote in message
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[fuck]

> Online Etymology Dictionary:
> http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/f5etym.htm
> > Written form only attested from early 16c. (O.E.D. supplement cites 1503
> > in the form fukkit; earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535)
[...]
> > It apparently is hinted at in a scurrilous 15c. poem written in bastard
> > L. and M.E., titled "Flen flyys." The relevant line reads: Non sunt in
> > celi quia fuccant uuiuys of heli "They [the monks] are not in heaven
> > because they fuck the wives of Ely."

Sweet. So the number 1 swearword was inspired by my home city, sort of.