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[quote=TRAVELLERMIKE,236329]The rude version of the V sign was used by the english archers against the French in the famous battles of Agincourt, Crecy, and others, hundreds of years ago. The act originated because the French used to cut the first two fingers off the hands of captured english prisoners to stop them drawing the strings on their long bows. Following this the English forces used to parade their two-fingered-salute as a sign of deadly defiance to their enemy - probably further encouraging the brutal act of cutting off the fingers! I am sure that as Winston Churchil was an accomplished student of history he will have been well aware of the irony of reversing this symbol into the fingers out symbol of Victory as his sign of defiance during the second world war.[/quote]
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