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[[File:Bust of Cicero (1st-cent. BC) - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Marcus Tullius Cicerō]] | [[File:Bust of Cicero (1st-cent. BC) - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Marcus Tullius Cicerō]] | ||
The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say ''' | The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say '''nōbīscum''' and not '''cum nōbīs'''. | ||
{{Quote|Why don't we say ''cum nōbīs'', but rather nōbīscum? Because: If we say it the other way, the letters would run together in a rather obscene way.|Marcus Tullius Cicerō|§ 154 Ōrātor ad Brūtum}} | {{Quote|Why don't we say ''cum nōbīs'', but rather nōbīscum? Because: If we say it the other way, the letters would run together in a rather obscene way.|Marcus Tullius Cicerō|§ 154 Ōrātor ad Brūtum}} | ||
The joke is: ''cum nōbīs'' can easily be misunderstood as ''cunnō bīs'' which has a lewd meaning, that we are not going to explain here. | The joke is: ''cum nōbīs'' can easily be misunderstood as ''cunnō bīs'' which has a lewd meaning, that we are not going to explain here. | ||
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The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say nōbīscum and not cum nōbīs.
Why don't we say cum nōbīs, but rather nōbīscum? Because: If we say it the other way, the letters would run together in a rather obscene way.—Marcus Tullius Cicerō, § 154 Ōrātor ad Brūtum
The joke is: cum nōbīs can easily be misunderstood as cunnō bīs which has a lewd meaning, that we are not going to explain here.