Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!steven From: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Origin of that strongest of words Message-ID: <6046@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 14:29:10 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.6046 Posted: Tue Oct 2 14:29:10 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 05:00:13 EDT References: <1536@uvacs.UUCP> Reply-To: steven@mcvax.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 9 Summary: > "FUCK", as most words in the English language, takes its name from > the German word "friden" which means to strike. I'm surprised to learn that most words in the English language come from "friden". On a more serious note, why doesn't it come from the Dutch "fokken" which means to breed?