LOL that was sooooo funny! i think those are the same as he is talking about, only with F**k replaced with Fox....cuz i think somewhere i have both.... <hmmm, where did i stash those files i don't want the kids playing?> ~~ steph
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Phillips" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:11 PM Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > Yup. I have it too. > > Steph, You remember the one they used to play on 100.5 the Fox? They > replaced the word F*** with Fox. > > > ~Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:17 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > is that the one that sounds like those old films we used to see in school? > talks about it being used as a noun or verb? ends with something like "say > it loud, say it proud"?? > ~~ > steph > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:03 PM > Subject: Re: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > I have a wave file that explains the work "FUCK." It is about two minutes > > long. (it is funny) > > > > It is 1.2 MB though. If anybody would like it, let me know. I can email > > it to you or ftp it. > > > > Jacob > > > > At 12:22 PM 10/29/2001 -0500, you wrote: > > >[Middle English, attested in pseudo-Latin fuccant, (they) fuck, > deciphered > > >from gxddbov.] > > > Word History: The obscenity fuck is a very old word and has been > > >considered shocking from the first, though it is seen in print much more > > >often now than in the past. Its first known occurrence, in code because > of > > >its unacceptability, is in a poem composed in a mixture of Latin and > English > > >sometime before 1500. The poem, which satirizes the Carmelite friars of > > >Cambridge, England, takes its title, "Flen flyys," from the first words > of > > >its opening line, "Flen, flyys, and freris," that is, "fleas, flies, and > > >friars." The line that contains fuck reads "Non sunt in coeli, quia > gxddbov > > >xxkxzt pg ifmk." The Latin words "Non sunt in coeli, quia," mean "they > [the > > >friars] are not in heaven, since." The code "gxddbov xxkxzt pg ifmk" is > > >easily broken by simply substituting the preceding letter in the > alphabet, > > >keeping in mind differences in the alphabet and in spelling between then > and > > >now: i was then used for both i and j; v was used for both u and v; and > vv > > >was used for w. This yields "fvccant [a fake Latin form] vvivys of heli." > > >The whole thus reads in translation: "They are not in heaven because they > > >fuck wives of Ely [a town near Cambridge]." > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Mark Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:16 PM > > >Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > well, THAT would've made medieval history classes more interesting! > > > > > > > > I don't think it's true though > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: 29 October 2001 17:25 > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > i heard it meant "Fornication Under [the] Crown [of the] King.....but > i > > > > could be wrong...it has happened once or twice [or more] before > > > > ~~ > > > > steph > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:09 PM > > > > Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a little trivia. The "F" word has an interesting history. When > > >women > > > > > were put in the stockades for adultry the stockades were labeled > "For > > > > > Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", which was later abreviated to the "F" > word > > >and > > > > > introduced to the language. > > > > > > > > > > FWIW, > > > > > > > > > > Kristine C. Hege [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Database & Applications Specialist Phone: (802) 463-2111 > > > > > SoVerNet Inc. Ext: 105 > > > > > 5 Rockingham St. > > > > > Bellows Falls, VT 05101 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > _ .----. . - > . > > > > > PROGRAM (PRO'-gram') [n] A magic spell cast over a |C>_.|.:' > :. . > > > > > computer allowing it to turn one's input into error __|____|__ `:. > > >O_/ > > > > > messages. [vi] To engage in a pastime similar to | ______--| > \/M > > > > > banging one's head against a wall, but, with fewer `-/.::::.\-' > _/ > > >\_ > > > > > opportunities for reward. `--------' > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Mark Smyth wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dude..profanity IS part of the English language. > > > > > > > > > > > > i always thought the F word (you all know what i mean!!) was > french > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: 29 October 2001 17:00 > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: RE: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gel- > > > > > > Just because something is part of a language does NOT mean it is > > > > appropriate > > > > > > to use it in all contexts or to all audiences. > > > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:51 AM > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > Subject: Profanity (Was Re: beauuuuutiful Friday) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dude..profanity IS part of the English language. > > > > > > > > > > > > Check your nearest dictionary.It is 'real' english. > > > > > > As real as all the other colloquialisms that have inundated our > > > > > > standard, everyday conversation. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cool the way the 'English Language' as spoken by most changes eh? > > > > > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > > > > > Profanity as a retort only stoops to the same level of ignorance. > You > > > > > > can use real english without having to swear and have twice the > > >impact. > > > > > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. 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