Klarinet Archive - Posting 001030.txt from 2004/03

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 19:01:15 -0500


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From: "Karin Berman" <berman@-----.ca>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] not just the music department

> Gary
>
> Never forget that HUMANS decided, with their own tiny little warped minds,
> to put a charge on the word f@-----. That word certainly does not
hurt
> my feelings or my compassion for humans in general. It does not even
rattle
> my cage. BTW, it originated from a Dutch word "vokken" which was/is used
in
> animal husbandry, breeding farms. So what??. Who are you to stand in
> judgment what is "wrong" and what not? In fact, the way Tony used that
word
> expressed better what he wanted to get across than any other word would
> have. Who cares about Thesaurus? If someone uses THAT word, (here or
> anywhere), its still YOU that decide that you want to put a charge on it
the
> way you do. G-d is too busy to stand in judgment of trivial little words
> like the F-word.
>
> Let Tony be. Give the man break
>
> Karin Berman

Please cite your source for the etymology. The last time I saw anything on
this the scholars still were not certain of its origin. All that they were
able to say was that it goes well back in the history of the English
language as monks refer to it in code in some of there documents very early
in their writings. It was considered vulgar as far back as it can be
traced.

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