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RE: the f-word

Subject: RE: the f-word
From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:11:06 -0800 (PST)
cc: Over the Rhine listserv <over-the-rhine at actwin_com>
In-Reply-To: <LAW2-F78zKVcNCtYEr10000d5dc at hotmail_com>

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Mark van Hornsveld wrote:
> As a dutchman i cannot think of any words in my tongue that have such 
> meanings (spelled or sounding like or similar to f-u-c-k.

Really?  Hmmm.  Most books I have on this subject say the English word is
related to the Dutch word "fokken", which means "to strike" and "to
copulate with" (see also the German word "ficken").  Have these words
passed out of regular usage in the Dutch and German vocabularies?

> Does this give a good impression of me?  ;)

Difficult to say.  :)

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