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The History of the Middle Finger
Well, now……here’s something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to share it with you in the hope that you, too, will feel edified.
Isn’t history more fun when you know something 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 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 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 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 is known as “giving the bird.”
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.
Isn’t history more fun when you know something 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 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 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 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 is known as “giving the bird.”
IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY!
And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.
Yeah, and the original title of "War And Peace" was "War, War, What Is It Good For"..
It apparently dates back well before 1415...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger
... but it was very entertaining.
The stuff I learn here on the forum. The stuff I learn...Yeah, and the original title of "War And Peace" was "War, War, What Is It Good For"..
It apparently dates back well before 1415...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger
... but it was very entertaining.
Game on. So much rooting for the Bills.
Umm.....I guess I dont know what to say about this one..........
Holy sh!t?
Hmm. Well my Father's side of the family is from France, though we immigrated to England supposedly in the 1200's.
Just noticed Amazon has the X800M2 for $228-31% off.
You know I really wish more non-English speaking countries released SACDs...right now it's just primarily Japan and China...
Found some old song drafts and turns out I was a better songwriter then compared to now...
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So the continuing saga of the malfunctioning Onkyo TX-RZ50.
About a month ago I sent it in for repairs.
After about a week was told it needed a new HDMI board. (no DUH!). Was told they are on manufacturing back order. (none in USA..arrggh!). Plus when available they literally ship by ship! (Whoa! let's not get in a hurry here!)
So much back and forth with Onkyo support, and eventually they were "pleased" to offer a "B" stock replacement.
Called the shop Monday and was told the unit was shipped back to Onkyo about Thursday last week per my agreement with Onkyo.
This morning I received an email from Onkyo saying they received my unit, "placed an order" for the replacement, whatever that means, and I should watch my email for a tracking number forthcoming (sometime).
So at least things are still moving. They also will add 6 months to my original 3 year warranty on the replacement unit. (Unit was purchased Dec 1, 2022).
About a month ago I sent it in for repairs.
After about a week was told it needed a new HDMI board. (no DUH!). Was told they are on manufacturing back order. (none in USA..arrggh!). Plus when available they literally ship by ship! (Whoa! let's not get in a hurry here!)
So much back and forth with Onkyo support, and eventually they were "pleased" to offer a "B" stock replacement.
Called the shop Monday and was told the unit was shipped back to Onkyo about Thursday last week per my agreement with Onkyo.
This morning I received an email from Onkyo saying they received my unit, "placed an order" for the replacement, whatever that means, and I should watch my email for a tracking number forthcoming (sometime).
So at least things are still moving. They also will add 6 months to my original 3 year warranty on the replacement unit. (Unit was purchased Dec 1, 2022).
vintage. blues. rock. turn it up
Well don't quit now. lol.
When I was in my late 20's - early 30's I had a book of "poetry" I wrote. Just a disjointed collection of personal thoughts I would write late at night.
I showed them to a friend who was a musician in a band that I sometimes ran the sound for at live gigs.
He also taught English in a local high school.
Well anyway he looks at all my "poetry" and says, this isn't poetry, it's song lyrics. I had never thought of it that way. He thought I should put them to music but I declined.
Point is I guess, you never know when/where inspiration will strike.
Did he explain the difference between song lyrics and poetry because, IMO, the line must be pretty thin?
He may well have, Bill, but that was 40 years ago. Surprised I remember it at all.
For me, remembering things from 40 years ago is no problem. Remembering things from 40 minutes ago...ummmmm...duh?
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