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delmarrey · 06-06-2007, 01:53

THat story is buried so deep in the archives I can't find it anymore.

BTW it's not true!

Well, clever as all that may be, whoever wrote it doesn't know shit about shit. According to my dictionary, the word is much older than the 1800s, appearing in its earliest form about 1,000 years ago as the Old English verb scitan. That is confirmed by lexicographer Hugh Rawson in his bawdily edifying book, "Wicked Words" (New York: Crown, 1989), where it is further noted that the expletive is distantly related to words like science, schedule and shield, all of which derive from the Indo-European root skei-, meaning "to cut" or "to split." You get the idea.

Origin of the S-Word: 'Ship High in Transit' - Netlore Archive

06-06-2007, 01:53	#2
delmarrey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Puget Sound, WA Boat: Choate 40 Posts: 3,928	THat story is buried so deep in the archives I can't find it anymore. BTW it's not true! Well, clever as all that may be, whoever wrote it doesn't know shit about shit. According to my dictionary, the word is much older than the 1800s, appearing in its earliest form about 1,000 years ago as the Old English verb scitan. That is confirmed by lexicographer Hugh Rawson in his bawdily edifying book, "Wicked Words" (New York: Crown, 1989), where it is further noted that the expletive is distantly related to words like science, schedule and shield, all of which derive from the Indo-European root skei-, meaning "to cut" or "to split." You get the idea. Origin of the S-Word: 'Ship High in Transit' - Netlore Archive