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Luki - 10 Oct 2007 19:45 GMT

Hello.
I'm from Poland and I'm interested in history of word f.ck. My teacher said
that it's a source of any article of british's law.
I'd be so happy if someone could told me something more about it...

Cheers!!!

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Einde O'Callaghan - 10 Oct 2007 21:45 GMT

Luki schrieb:

> Hello.
> I'm from Poland and I'm interested in history of word f.ck. My teacher said
> that it's a source of any article of british's law.
> I'd be so happy if someone could told me something more about it...

I presume this is a reference to the idea that it is an acronym for "For
Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". This is a myth.

For a start the word also applies to lawful carnal knowledge ("carnal
knowledge" is a euphemism for the sex act).

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary the earliest recorded
use of the word is 1503, but it's quite probable that it existed long
before that, perhaps as an unrecorded dialect word.

The actual origin is unknown but M-W suggests that it is akin to a Dutch
word meanin to breed and a Swedish dialect word meaning to have sex.
This seems much more plausible than the urban myth.

There is also a lengthy discussion of the word, its origins and its
usage in Wikipedia at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuck>, which also
refers to earlier appearances of the word than that referred to in M-W..

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Luki - 11 Oct 2007 07:55 GMT

Thanks a lot!

Yours,
Luki.

> Luki schrieb:
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> Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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