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2015-09-14 16:13:19.833213+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

We Interviewed the Historian Who Just Found the Oldest Use of the Word 'Fuck':

Paul Booth, an honorary senior research fellow in history at Keele University, was recently digging around in the Chester county court plea rolls from December 8, 1310—and really, who hasn't dug around in there? That was when he came upon three write-ups from the court clerk, telling the sad story of a guy with the unenviable name of Roger Fuckebythenavele, or seemingly: "Roger the Navel-Fucker."

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#Comment Re: Fuck! made: 2021-04-25 16:55:34.56268+02 by: Dan Lyke

Another article: https://www.medievalists.net/2...st-use-of-the-f-word-discovered/