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Originally posted by: Slappy00
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Originally posted by: Mickey Eye
This is one point when I'm left wondering about the wiki source. I can clearly remember being taught that in history class. Unfortunatly I can't think of any books that might help support that.
Originally posted by: spherrod
It's an insult, derived from English archers who used to stick their fingers up at the French. If defeated, the French would cut the archer's fingers off so they couldn't use a bow again.
According to Wiki, there's not a lot of fact to support it but I remember being taught it in school!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign#UK_and_the_insulting_sign