Emperor1956 -> RE: Cum speak (2/22/2009 2:22:13 PM)
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FR: I really don't understand all the excitement. The word in question is an ordinary Latin participle which has made its way into English, in several fairly common expressions. viz: Jenna Jamison graduated cum laude. (note: that is pronounced "law-dey", not "loud-ey") His thesis on the sexual implications of volcanic eruptions will surely result in his graduating magna cum laude. In any group of active, healthy people pursuing various noisy pleasures, some of them will graduate summa cum laude. Next you'll be wondering about the use of the terms cummerbund and cumquat (which I admit, always has a tittillating sense about it...indeed, so does "tittillating".) Anyway, I have to go. My family has a tradition every Sunday. When we can, we meet and engage in mutual mastication, usually to completion. I'm especially eager to go this evening as my daughter, a known thesbian, is going to put on a show. E.
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