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IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Famous title comes to consoles.

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Old 02-04-2010, 08:55 AM
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No it isn't it's one of the urban myths. There are examples of the word dating back way further than that..

earliest appearance of current spelling is 1535 -- "Bischops ... may **** thair fill and be vnmaryit" [Sir David Lyndesay, "Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaits"]

All of the acronyms are urban myths. There's loads of them.
When he was compiling the first dictionary Dr Johnson excluded the word, and **** wasn't in a single English language dictionary from 1795 to 1965.

The earliest version on record is recorded in the OED 2nd edition and cites 1503, in the form fukkit;
I wanted to make this point too, but I'm Irish and have already been stereotyped in this thread. I rarely curse, even rarer with that word, and was prepared to argue the point but the lady across from me just this minute uttered it 4 times in one sentence down the phone, so I think I'll just go because this thread is so for off topic.

Good information on one of the games most marmite aircraft though.
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