I've again picked up this thread and probably skipping over this comment offered by others, but it was always obvious to me that the "V" formed by holding up the middle and index fingers signified a "V" for victory. The same gusture held behind and above someones head meant, "silly rabbit".
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 10/25/2007 11:34:38 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Possibly apochryphally, it was meant to be a sign from English > archers > to their enemies (usually a French army) that they still had their > two > "loosing" fingers, the ones that hold the bowstring and arrow for > firing. It was, apparently, the custom of said enemies to remove > those > fingers if the archers were captured. > > Over the centuries, it transmogrified in meaning to become something > > that signified "go forth and multiply". > > =============== > This raises an interesting question. > > Remember standing next to someone as a kid and someone else taking > your > photo? And you raising your hand up and putting up a V sign (palm > forward) > behind/over your friend's head while they didn't know it? I wonder > where that > originated? Or what it meant originally? > > A modified cuckold sign? Saying they were a devil, and those are > horns? Or > bunny ears? > > I always thought it was the second. But interesting how similar > signs, or > actually the same sign, can mean different things. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
