Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.9 3/12/85; site unisoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!unisoft!tim From: tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: versatile word (ROT 13) - offensive to (ROT13) Message-ID: <567@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 02:55:27 EDT Article-I.D.: unisoft.567 Posted: Wed Sep 25 02:55:27 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:48:11 EDT References: <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) Distribution: net Organization: UniSoft Systems, Berkeley Lines: 27 In article <1170@vax1.fluke.UUCP> suz@fluke.UUCP (Suzanne Jurgensen) writes: (in net.jokes) > > > > > Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the English language >today is the word "fuck." It is the one magical word that, just by its >sound, can describe pain, pleasure, hate, and love. Fuck, as most words in >the English language takes its name from the german word "fricken" which >means to "stick." That's not what *I* heared... In my dictionary, it said that the word 'fuck' came from german 'ficken', meaning 'to hit.' That would make more sense, given the way I hear it used by people. - Tim --- "Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long." --------------------------------------------------------------- ---> Tim Bessie ----- {ucbvax,dual}!unisoft!tim ---> Unisoft Systems; 739 Allston Way; Berkeley, CA 94710 ---> (415) 644-1230 TWX II 910 366-2145 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com