Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/1/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: The word F*CK Message-ID: <145@scc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Sep-84 20:45:00 EDT Article-I.D.: scc.145 Posted: Fri Sep 14 20:45:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 06:22:22 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Personetics, Inc. - Santa Cruz, Calif. Lines: 23 **** It is funny to think the word "fuck" may be an acronm, but it is also not true. According to the American Heritage Dictionary: Middle English: fucken; A Germanic verb originally meaning "strike", "move quickly", "penetrate". Germanic words for body functions and eliminations are taboo. While "fornicate", "urinate", "deficate", and "saliva" are socially acceptable their Germanic equivalents are not. Probably because of the Norman conquest, when English (a Germanic language), lost its status. -- "Damn, more bats ... Someone get me a ruler!" Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 ihnp4!pesnta -\ fortune!idsvax -> scc!steiny ucbvax!twg -/