Urban legends

Posted by R. Berg on June 08, 2001

In Reply to: Urban legends - language posted by ESC on June 08, 2001

: : : This urban legends page has a language section that addresses several questions that have been posed here -- like whether "picnic" has a racist origin.
: : : www.snopes2.com

: : The "Wooden Spoon" section of that website has an item that bears on the "two fingers" query posed a few days ago.

: Which one? I couldn't find it.

Oops, sorry, I'd forgotten there was an intervening subhead. Under Wooden Spoon, go to Fractured Facts. The item is called Pluck Yew.