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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
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Posted: Tue Oct  2 14:29:10 1984
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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?