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Re: USAGE: Dutch v or f (was: Grimm's Law)

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Thursday, April 18, 2002, 10:34
--- daniel andreasson wrote:

> There's a Swedish word _fock_ meaning 'fore-sail, jib'. It > is said to originally have meant 'wedge'. And I can see how > 'wedge' have come to mean 'fuck' and then 'fokken'. :)
We have the same word in Dutch as well: "fok", a noun this time, meaning - probably - the same sort of sail (I'm not much of a sailorman, but it must definitely be something like that). I'm also quite sure that the verb "fokken" has everything to do with the famous English f-word; after all, they look the same, and besides, they mean more or less the same, or rather: one is the direct result of the other. Whether or not the words "fok" and "fokken" are etymological kins, that's just a matter of imagination. I have no opinion. BTW, how do you see the role of a "wedge" in breeding (let alone the other meanings...) practically? :))) Jan ===== "You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J. Michael Straczynski __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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