History Of The Middle Finger

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In ancient Rome, giving the finger was a physical threat. The Latin phrase for the middle finger digitus impudicus literally means “unchaste finger,” and the gesture was a symbol for anally. 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. WATCH: The history of the middle finger Back to video The hand gesture dates back thousands of years and its meaning has evolved over time. One of the first recorded references was in Greek playwright Aristophanes’ The Clouds from 424 BC.

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Well, now……here’s something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to you, my intelligent viewers, in the hope that you too, will feel edified.

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 EnglishYew 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 became known as”giving the bird.”

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Note: This story was debunked by Snopes as false, but it is humorous and sounds plausible.

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