[Jack21200]

I’m not sure where the middle finger insult comes from, but I have always assumed it was a phallic symbol. The French/English story that Andy B. is talking about is actually about the English two-finger gesture. It started because the English had the long-bow before the French, and it required two fingers to use it. So when Englishmen were captured, the French would cut off those two fingers – so the fingers were waved at the French as a taunt. By the way, the only Europeans to have an insulting gesture that represents the female genitalia are Yugoslavians (according to a friend of mine, anyway). With this, the thumb is pushed through the first two fingers.

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