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   From: Jsipkens  
     To: TLC-Brotherhood@XXXXXXXXX.com 
   Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: The Bird AKA Hawaiian Good Luck Symbol


THE FINGER
>
>  Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?
>
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>                                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 with the
> longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird".
> 
> And, yew thought yew knew everything.

SFC John Sipkens, US Army (Retarded .. retired!)