ANST - History of a gesture - true/false?

[Michael Peters]

Timothy A. McDaniel wrote:
> 
> Lord Manfred Wolf / Joe Wolf <WolfJ at bisys.com> wrote:
> > This was forwarded to me by a friend... I have no idea if
> > this is true or an 'urban myth!'  Seems plausible enough to
> > be valid... would anyone have any firm research to
> > confirm/deny this?
>
> Anyway, it was the Agincourt story for the origin of giving
> the finger, "f*** you", and "giving the bird".
> Alt.folklore.urban has debunked the story.  I went to
> 
> http://www.urbanlegends.com/search/search.html#tafkac
> 
> and searched for "finger".  The first match, Misc/middle
> finger, is a good article.  A British poster noted "the
> 'middle finger' gesture has only caught on over here in the
> last decade or so, almost certainly under 'merkin
> influence."
Dear Daniel,

  As you are out searching urban myths, I have heard the 2 finger up
gesture (quite common in Britain) has origins at Agincourt. i.e. the
three finger bounty placed on English archers. If you are unfamiliar
with the two finger check out an episode of Red Dwarf.

Mykaru
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