Thread: the Official CHR joke page duel

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Well, now..... Here's somthing I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know somthing about it?

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured Englis 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 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!"

Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to labiodentals fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one - finger - salute!

IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing!