Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, particularly since the British version is actually a two fingered salute it seems particularly unlikely that the original story is true..... I only discovered the one fingered version when I started travelling abroad. Frank On 23 Mar, 2006, at 23:11, Marc James Small wrote: > I am shocked that our literate and well-informed number have not > recited > John Ford's dictum that, "[W]hen the legend becomes fact, print the > legend." See his 1962 vehicle, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALENCE, > one of > the really grand Western movies, for a rather vibrant example. And > it has > a cast which will not stop -- Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Lee > Marvin, Vera > Miles, Woody Stroud, Andy Devine ... and even John Carradine and > Lee Van > Cleef. Who could ask for more? > > The Agincourt tale is bogus, of course. The raised middle-finger > insult > dates from at least Classical times -- we have grafitti from Pompeii > showing this -- and probably goes back to the Bronze Age. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information