Saturday, October 21, 2006

Mnyambuliko wa FUCK

Wikipedia has some interesting facts on the use of language. call me vulgar but i especially liked this one.

Fuck is an English word which, when used literally as a verb, means "to engage in sexual intercourse". Some evidence indicates that in some English-speaking locales it was considered acceptable as late as the 17th century meaning "to strike" or "to penetrate"
Other evidence indicates that during ancient times in England, people were not allowed to have sex withourt permission from the king. If a couple needed to have sex they went to the king and acquired some sort of permit or licence. Because this was hard to acquire, couples who were lucky didn't welcome interruptions so they usually hung a banner on the front door reading, "Fornication Under Consent of King." This was too long a notice and they abbreviated it to F.U.C.K and that is how the word was born.

In contemporary usage, the versatility of the word is such that it can be used as a verb (to fuck), noun (a fuck), adverb (this car won't fucking drive), participle (where are my fucking keys?), interjection (where the fuck did this come from?), or an exclamation (Fuck!). Fuck is also one of the few words in English commonly used as an infix, as in absofuckinglutely and infuckingcredible, along with several other expletive infixes.

© Wikipedia 2006.

5 comments:

inane said...

now thats something i actually had no idea.mmmmmh.........."Fornication under consent of king".Now replace this sentence with that Fuck i burnt my hand.............totally makes no sense.

kadinya said...

@inane - the word evolved over the years from a simple abbreviation to become a noun,adverb etc. a word on its own.

Nafsi Yangu said...

fuck that

kadinya said...

nafsi yangu - fuck what?

Acolyte said...

Talk about great minds thinking alike! Nice piece! What ngeli does it fall under?