oh what the hell..

[aelfie]

I see lots of other people doing it.

Its question month. So go ahead and ask.

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[rephetibel.livejournal.com]

Actually, I know the answer to that one. In the years following the Norman invasion of England, there were two languages in use; Norman french and Anglo-Saxon. For a while there were two words for everything; the snooty upperclass Norman french word and the conquered lowerclass Anglo-Saxon word. F**k was Anglo-Saxon which made it a pig language word that "nice" people didn't say. ("Eat" and "dine" are examples that are still with us from that time.)

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

I've heard it said that English came about entirely so that Norman knights could hit on Anglo-Saxon barmaids.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

... and was as legitimate as any of the other products of said enterprise