The 'v' sign
Posted by Alan on January 19, 2003
Perhaps the most common British phrase , even
if it is not spoken but indicated by raising two spread fingers in a similar fashion
and meaning two the American 'one finger salute'.
It is said to have originated
during the Napoleonic wars when Napoleon so frustrated with the devastating effect
the British archers were having in battle that he promised that any captured British
archer would have his two firing fingers chopped off , in defiance the British
archers stood on a hill and raised two fingers in the direction of the enemy soldiers
and shouted F**k off thus connecting the word and the sign.
- the 'v' sign James Briggs 01/19/03
- The 'v' sign Lewis 01/20/03