Claim(permalink)
The 'middle finger salute' is derived from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fingers had been severed by the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
✓snopescom rating: not credible; published on 1999-09-29
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
1999-09-29
Entities
MarsBody languageChivalryThe Face (magazine)WoodBow and arrowFuckFrench languageLatinNPRSaluteBirdEnglish languageNew York CityInternational Standard Book NumberHenry V of EnglandPenguin BooksMiddle EnglishWiley (publisher)EtymologyMoiraiVoicelessnessOxford University PressFolklore