History Of The Middle Finger

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  1. History of The Middle Finger. 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 weapon was made of the native English Yew tree,.
  2. 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.

Emoji Meaning

A middle finger emoji, used in some western cultures as a rude or insulting gesture. The back of the hand is shown with the middle finger raised.

Finger

Middle Finger was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014under the name “Reversed Hand with Middle Finger Extended”and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

History Of The Middle Finger

But why do we use our middle finger to express anger? And why do we call it “the bird.” Suggestions range from The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 to Ancient Rome. We find out the history everyone’s favorite one-finger salute in this episode.

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Also Known As

  • 🖕 Dito Medio
  • 🖕 Flipping The Bird
  • 🖕 Middle Finger
  • 🖕 Rude Finger
History Of The Middle Finger

History Of The Middle Finger Pluck Yew

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🖕 Middle Finger

History of the middle finger archers

Unicode Name

🖕 Reversed Hand with Middle Finger Extended

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Who Made Up The Middle Finger

  • :middle_finger:(Github, Slack, Emojipedia)
  • :fu:(Github)
  • :reversed_hand_with_middle_finger_extended:(Slack)

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Pluck Yew

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When Was The Middle Finger Bad

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  • 🖕 Middle Finger Emoji Proposal:L2/12-275

History Of The Middle Finger Gesture

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I never knew this before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Isn’t history more fun when you know something about it?

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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!

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And yew thought yew knew every plucking thing.