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[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Shit's regional, too, yo. For "fuck you", the brits use a gesture that's more akin to "eat my cunt".

[-] digehode@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

We do? Can you describe the gesture? Maybe it's so ingrained I don't even recognise it. Or I need to learn it. Then I can use it at everyone today.

[-] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 months ago

I believe theyre referring to the usual two-finger-fuck-you. As in v for victory.

If you take that same sign and press it to your lips you get a gesture recognised as "eating pussy" when accompanied by some tongue action through the V of your fingers.

[-] digehode@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Ah, I see. We don't tend to put it to the mouth. It's more "fuck you". Apparently comes from demonstrating to the French that you still have your bow-drawing fingers and intend to use them. British archers captured by the french would have their first two fingers removed to prevent them launching arrows.

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago

A commonly repeated legend claims that the two-fingered salute or V sign derives from a gesture made by longbowmen fighting in the English army at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War, but no written historical primary sources support this contention.

Turns out we don't actually know the origin of flicking the V