I've heard it. Very funny! Not only what he says, but how he says it. Mark
-----Original Message----- From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:04 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) I have a wave file that explains the work "FUCK." It is about two minutes long. (it is funny) It is 1.2 MB though. If anybody would like it, let me know. I can email it to you or ftp it. Jacob At 12:22 PM 10/29/2001 -0500, you wrote: >[Middle English, attested in pseudo-Latin fuccant, (they) fuck, deciphered >from gxddbov.] > Word History: The obscenity fuck is a very old word and has been >considered shocking from the first, though it is seen in print much more >often now than in the past. Its first known occurrence, in code because of >its unacceptability, is in a poem composed in a mixture of Latin and English >sometime before 1500. The poem, which satirizes the Carmelite friars of >Cambridge, England, takes its title, "Flen flyys," from the first words of >its opening line, "Flen, flyys, and freris," that is, "fleas, flies, and >friars." The line that contains fuck reads "Non sunt in coeli, quia gxddbov >xxkxzt pg ifmk." The Latin words "Non sunt in coeli, quia," mean "they [the >friars] are not in heaven, since." The code "gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk" is >easily broken by simply substituting the preceding letter in the alphabet, >keeping in mind differences in the alphabet and in spelling between then and >now: i was then used for both i and j; v was used for both u and v; and vv >was used for w. This yields "fvccant [a fake Latin form] vvivys of heli." >The whole thus reads in translation: "They are not in heaven because they >fuck wives of Ely [a town near Cambridge]." >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:16 PM >Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > well, THAT would've made medieval history classes more interesting! > > > > I don't think it's true though > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 29 October 2001 17:25 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > i heard it meant "Fornication Under [the] Crown [of the] King.....but i > > could be wrong...it has happened once or twice [or more] before > > ~~ > > steph > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:09 PM > > Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > Just a little trivia. The "F" word has an interesting history. When >women > > > were put in the stockades for adultry the stockades were labeled "For > > > Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", which was later abreviated to the "F" word >and > > > introduced to the language. > > > > > > FWIW, > > > > > > Kristine C. Hege [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Database & Applications Specialist Phone: (802) 463-2111 > > > SoVerNet Inc. Ext: 105 > > > 5 Rockingham St. > > > Bellows Falls, VT 05101 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > > _ .----. . - . > > > PROGRAM (PRO'-gram') [n] A magic spell cast over a |C>_.|.:' :. . > > > computer allowing it to turn one's input into error __|____|__ `:. >O_/ > > > messages. [vi] To engage in a pastime similar to | ______--| \/M > > > banging one's head against a wall, but, with fewer `-/.::::.\-' _/ >\_ > > > opportunities for reward. `--------' > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Mark Smyth wrote: > > > > > > > Dude..profanity IS part of the English language. > > > > > > > > i always thought the F word (you all know what i mean!!) was french > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 29 October 2001 17:00 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > Gel- > > > > Just because something is part of a language does NOT mean it is > > appropriate > > > > to use it in all contexts or to all audiences. > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:51 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > Dude..profanity IS part of the English language. > > > > > > > > Check your nearest dictionary.It is 'real' english. > > > > As real as all the other colloquialisms that have inundated our > > > > standard, everyday conversation. > > > > > > > > Cool the way the 'English Language' as spoken by most changes eh? > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > Profanity as a retort only stoops to the same level of ignorance. You > > > > can use real english without having to swear and have twice the >impact. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
