Been told today by one of my employees were the word f**k originated from

 

does any body else know?

 

Dave

OK here,s one ...3M anyone know ?

Tesco, was founded by Jack Cohen, who acquired a large shipment of stock from an american magnate called T.E Stockwell, Mr. Cohen used the magantes initials as well as the first 2 letters from his surname.

 

And 3M was so called because of it's origins as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company

acronyms, 5hit being 'Ship High in Transit,' supposedly a nautical term

 

 

Naa thats a falsehood. The tale is true but 5HIT can be traced back to anglo saxon times and is a good old english word. Its origin is Norse, Shitka

I'm fooked if I know :rofl:

Your answer sounds right so.....Yes well done

 

:rofl:

When women were caught out haveing adulterous relations they were put in the stocks and written above them was

 

For unlawful carnal knowledge, also this is tied into the origins of the word.

 

 

Another falseie.

 

Sory, **** comes from various origines, german, dutch, norse etc. Fiken Fokka Fukka fock etc. Earliest recorded use of teh word in england is 1050 in a poem.

Eastern Seaboard Standard Oil.

Another falseie.

 

Sory, **** comes from various origines, german, dutch, norse etc. Fiken Fokka Fukka fock etc. Earliest recorded use of teh word in england is 1050 in a poem.

 

That put me strait then :( hum

 

So where did OK come from then clever dik

 

And I thought old English was derived from the Germanic tribes that landed after the romans left, to which Alfred the great spent his reign fighting the Saxons and trying to keep the English language from being distilled with Norse.

OK, I believe it comes from the fad of illiteration that was used in the mid 19th century, OK stems from Oll Korrect. (all correct)

OK, I believe it comes from the fad of illiteration that was used in the mid 19th century, OK stems from Oll Korrect. (all correct)

 

Well done my freind :bow:

I'm fooked if I know :rofl:

Your answer sounds right so.....Yes well done

 

The owner of tesco named the 1st store of it's kind after his wife Tessa, his surename was Cohen. Or at least that's what I was told many years ago.

That put me strait then :( hum

 

So where did OK come from then clever dik

 

And I thought old English was derived from the Germanic tribes that landed after the romans left, to which Alfred the great spent his reign fighting the Saxons and trying to keep the English language from being distilled with Norse.

 

 

Oll Korect. Intentionaly spelled wrong and from boston or a town in massachusets, eventualy shortened from Okay to O.K.

 

sod it, didnt see Scotty's but mines more precise lol

That put me strait then :( hum

 

So where did OK come from then clever dik

 

And I thought old English was derived from the Germanic tribes that landed after the romans left, to which Alfred the great spent his reign fighting the Saxons and trying to keep the English language from being distilled with Norse.

 

 

You are quite correct, hense Fikken and Fokker :) but I think its likely the norse brought its derivitive over 1st.

OK I have one for you.

 

Khaki

OK I have one for you.

 

Khaki

 

Don't know but will steer towards being an Indian word

OK, I believe it comes from the fad of illiteration that was used in the mid 19th century, OK stems from Oll Korrect. (all correct)

 

That used to be written on the lables of "OK sauce" years ago.......

 

.........they cited the popular assumption that a then (c19th) US president was semi illiterate and thought that was how "all correct" was spelt.

 

Also there was a story linking "OK" to the Navaho Indian Tribe's word "Hoke" meaning "It is so."

 

Richard