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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.
If anyone could explain why Americans swear with the middle fingers it would be appreciated 
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Mostly true, its what the English archers did to the French to show they hadnt been captured. The french when capturing an English Archer cut off the two fingers so he couldnt use a bow again.