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From: stephen@datacube.UUCP
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Subject: Re: versatile word (ROT 13) - offensive
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 13:05:00 EDT
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>	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
> ...


I have heard that the word derives from the German focken 'to strike'.
Incidentally, I understand that *most* English words derive from Latin,
not German.


Stephen Watkins                    UUCP: ihnp4!datacube!stephen
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