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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.
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just to add - more precisely, I believe it's origins came from the time of the battle of agincourt. When bow-men were captured, they would have their bow pulling fingers chopped off so they could no longer take arms against the enemy. Those who had not been captured on the battlefield would therefore show the 'V' sign to the enemy as a gesture stating they still had their fingers and could still be deemed as a threat. With time, this became an offensive gesture.