http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuck.htm
Anne Walk wrote:
a bit of trivia i found a while ago:
Fuck
is an acronym from the 16-17th centuries as a designation for sins:
If a couple committing adultery were "Found Under
Carnal Knowledge" they would be penalized, with "FUCK" written on the
stocks above them to denote the crime. Variants of this include "For
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", "Felonius Use of Carnal Knowledge", "Full
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", and "Forced Unlawful Carnal Knowledge", a
label supposedly applied to the crime of rape
On 5/11/06, Monique Danielle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
Well,
I'm a first generation American, and my relatives, who are actually
quite liberal, find American language vulgar and offensive. Also my
Indian
and Chinese contractors tend to be very proper.
I'm not saying Americans are vulgar, just sharing where my view. ...
VlogDiva
On Thu, 11 May 2006 22:09:28 +0200, Josh Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Well, really it depends on what country we are talking about...
I've
> never been to Denmark, nor anywhere in Europe for that matter, but
it
> seems like most of Europe has a thicker skin when it comes to be
> offended to shit like that. Like what being the former
representative
> noun of course.
>
> At the same time, I imagine in many countries that with strong
> amounts of religious fundamentalism, they may more sensitive... I
> seem to recall a certain incendiary cartoon.
It was the torches that were incendiary, the cartoons were just regular
paper. And there were 12 real cartoons and a handful fake ones. :o)
That said: Cartoons with the word "fuck" on them have been published
for
years with no reactions in Europe (or the Middle East). That's the kind
of
profanity we're talking about. I've never been in a place as uptight
about
'fuck' as the US (fair is fair: I've only travelled most of Europe and
the
US midwest). In that victorian way were the public has decided that the
word "fuck" is one of the worst things you can ever hear (and thus it
must
be expelled from all publications and broadcasts), but still everyone
runs
around in private and uses it extensively (and not one has become a
Caligula clone because of it). It's either a bit amusing or a bit
tragic,
probably both. :o)
Fuck, I said 'fuck'. Multiple times even.
--
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<URL: http://www.solitude.dk/
>
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