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- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!gtoal
- From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- Subject: Re: My inner man
- Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:21:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <BxzqG6.MJy@ibmpcug.co.uk>
- References: <83938@ut-emx.uucp>
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- In article <83938@ut-emx.uucp> adkisson@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Rob Adkisson) writes:
- >According to my etymological dictionary "fuck" comes from a lower Rhein (?)
- >(niederrheinische--not sure of the exact English for this German word...)
- >dialect (vycken) meaning "to strike with a lash/reed". It is related to
- >the Norwegian (fikle) meaning "to move heftily".
- >
- >Maybe that clears it up?? Or did I just start something nasty :-) [evil grin]!
-
- No, nothing nasty - just that this is a discussion that goes around half a
- dozen different groups once every year or so. Kay and I knew the answer
- (actually I think the root word I heard was '{f/v}ikken' but the details
- ain't that important) and are both kinda tired of explaining it to
- people who think fuck is either a 20th cent. US police acronym or
- a 17th C English one.
-
- You're hereby volunteered to do the next round of explanations on
- alt.usage.english, alt.folklore.urban, and bit.listserv.words-l... :-)
-
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