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Originally Posted by monkeybreath
The english way of making an offensive sign two someone uses two fingers because this goes back to the time people used bow and arrows. It was to symbolise the pulling the of the string of the bow ready to shoot someone. a famous battle in france, the french cut off the the index and middle finger of any english archer they caught. hence the one's outside the castle give 2 fingers to say "I've still got my fingers and your'e in trouble I think we won
If anyone could explain why Americans swear with the middle fingers it would be appreciated 
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middle finger = swivel on this i.e. stick this where the sun don't shine