Drop1
02-09-2006, 07:31 PM
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415,the French pledged to chop of the middle finger of the English long bowmen,making them useless for future battles. The bow was made of native English yew trees,and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew"[or "pluck yew"]
The English won the Battle,and began waving their middle finger at the French,shouting See we can still pluck the yew"pluck yew"
The difficult consonant cluster has gradually changed to a labiodental fractive"F,"and thus the words used with the one fingered-salute.It is also because of the feathers used on the arrows,we have the expression "giving the bird" And to think History has been called boring.
The English won the Battle,and began waving their middle finger at the French,shouting See we can still pluck the yew"pluck yew"
The difficult consonant cluster has gradually changed to a labiodental fractive"F,"and thus the words used with the one fingered-salute.It is also because of the feathers used on the arrows,we have the expression "giving the bird" And to think History has been called boring.