Thanks for that Bob. The newsreels were before my time!
John
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:44:34 +0100, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 2:41:23 PM, John wrote:
There are two "V-signs".
The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with
the
back of the hand
Hi,
Tuesday, July 6, 2004, 2:41:23 PM, John wrote:
> There are two "V-signs".
> The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the
> back of the hand facing away from the gesturer.
> The Churchillian one, indicating victory, is made with the back of the
> hand facing towa
There are two "V-signs".
The normal one, indicating disrespect (to put it mildly) is made with the
back of the hand facing away from the gesturer.
The Churchillian one, indicating victory, is made with the back of the
hand facing towards the gesturer.
Of course, if Churchill were making the g
For most of my life I assumed that this was the typical phallic gesture.
I saw the "Long Bow" version on one of those little pre-commercial
snippets on the History Channel. Even they claimed it had no proven
basis in fact. If, however, there was an English gesture that made a V,
maybe this was a
>
> > It's a nice story, but it has absolutely no basis in fact.
> > (For a start, the English brandish two fingers, not just one.)
>
> The business about cutting off bow fingers as the origin of the
> English flicking a V seems to be quite well attested. I have seen
> it mentioned by professiona
Hi,
>> I think this whole finger thing came from wars between the French and
>> the British during medieval times. Evidently the French would remove
>> this finger form British prisoners so they couldn't use a long bow
>> correctly, the British would brandish the middle finger to indicate its
>>
It's a nice story, but it has absolutely no basis in fact.
(For a start, the English brandish two fingers, not just one.)
> I think this whole finger thing came from wars between the French and
> the British during medieval times. Evidently the French would remove
> this finger form British pri
Not quite as good as Crecy, eh?
Cotty wrote:
On 4/7/04, Norm Baugher, discombobulated, offered:
And I'd just like to give the finger to all you Brits!
VBG
Norm
We take your finger, chop it off, glue on a new and better supersonic one
(although costing twice as much), and give it straight ba
On 4/7/04, Norm Baugher, discombobulated, offered:
>And I'd just like to give the finger to all you Brits!
>VBG
>Norm
We take your finger, chop it off, glue on a new and better supersonic one
(although costing twice as much), and give it straight back to you!
Cheers,
Cotty
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o give the finger to all you Brits!
VBG
Norm
Shaun Canning wrote:
Happy 4th July to all the Yanks on the list!
Cheers
Shaun
Happy 4th July to all the Yanks on the list!
Cheers
Shaun
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