Don’t forget “no way, Frose” and “no shit, Frelock.”
I assume it’s something akin to the relationship between the nose and the letters “sn” (snore, sniff, snuff, snot, etc.)
A-Ha! Yes, something like that!
The “f” sound is a voiceless labiodental fricative----which just happens to be the sound of choice, in many languages, to express disdain and contempt. Think of the Italian gesture of fingers-to-chin then quick downward motion of the hand–usually accompanied by a fricative, with the upper teeth touching the lower lip.
Feh!
There’s definitely too many of those.
Frank Sinatra
Pope Francis (remember, he* chose* the name Francis)
Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas
Fred Gwynne
Fred Astaire
Frances McDormand
Felicity Huffman
Go ahead, smack any of them. I dare you.
He was giving away the store!
I smacked a flamingo once that was trying to eat my sandwich.
Frogs are pretty eff-ing disgusting.
Yeah, and frogfish are even worse!
Aaaccckkkk!
Here is a fish.
But I like him just fine, because his name is George.
He certainly has the look of distinction.
Looks like Ted Cruz.
^^^IKR?
i think little of him
Fauntleroy, Fraser Crane, Lord Farquad…
Sherrerd - thanks for that. I guess that is the underlying question in this thread: is there something about the F sound itself - like the old supposed comedian’s rule about words starting with K being funny.
None of the Seven Dirty Words starts with K (although, to be fair, two of them do start with the ‘K’ sound…)
Here’s an old article on The Rule of K, quoting a bunch of comedians: THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF COMEDY – Chicago Tribune
Very interesting, about both ‘K’ and ‘F’. I suspect the effect has something to do with the faces one has to make to get those sounds out, and the connection with our primate past (when grimaces and other facial expressions were a major means for communicating with others).