Usage and etymology of the word 'fuck.'

This wonderful word gets a Wikipedia entry, of course. Its etymology is interesting: I naturally thought that this and most other swear-words are fairly recent inventions. "Okay," for example, is no older than the early nineteenth century, and it is as common a word as any. I remember being surprised to find 'fuck' in Ulysses (which was finished in 1922, I think). But apparently, fuck is much, much older than that: at least as old as 1500. It may even be over a thousand years old. But the etymology, apparently, is hard to trace. But anyway: I especially liked this Wikipedia page, because in the first section, in which it gives examples of the usage of the word, it unmistakeably references this wonderful Monty Python (apparently: but the voice is none of the Pythons') audio sketch.



In politer news, the weather in St. Andrews is amazing. Stunning. And I heard a rehearsal recording of the piece the Maynooth Guitar Orchestra will be playing in ten days' time: it sounds good. They play it well. It'll be recorded, so I'll post the recording here when I get it.