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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say '''&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nobiscum&lt;/del&gt;''' and not '''cum &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nobis&lt;/del&gt;'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say '''&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nōbīscum&lt;/ins&gt;''' and not '''cum &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;nōbīs&lt;/ins&gt;'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say '''nobiscum''' and not '''cum nobis'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say '''nobiscum''' and not '''cum nobis'''.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Orātor &lt;/del&gt;ad Brūtum&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, § 154&lt;/del&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;§ 154 Ōrātor &lt;/ins&gt;ad Brūtum}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Jācōbus at 22:27, 16 January 2023</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;nobiscum&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot; &lt;/del&gt;and not &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;cum nobis.&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;'''&lt;/ins&gt;nobiscum&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;''' &lt;/ins&gt;and not &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;'''&lt;/ins&gt;cum nobis&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;'''&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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|Orātor ad Brūtum, § 154}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{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|Orātor ad Brūtum, § 154}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Jācōbus: Created page with &quot;Marcus Tullius Cicerō The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say &quot;nobiscum&quot; and not &quot;cum nobis.&quot; {{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|Orātor ad Brūtum, § 154}} The joke is: ''cum nōb...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/File:Bust_of_Cicero_(1st-cent._BC)_-_Palazzo_Nuovo_-_Musei_Capitolini_-_Rome_2016.jpg&quot; title=&quot;File:Bust of Cicero (1st-cent. BC) - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016.jpg&quot;&gt;thumb|right|100px|Marcus Tullius Cicerō&lt;/a&gt; The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say &amp;quot;nobiscum&amp;quot; and not &amp;quot;cum nobis.&amp;quot; {{Quote|Why don&amp;#039;t we say &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cum nōbīs&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, but rather nōbīscum? Because: If we say it the other way, the letters would run together in a rather obscene way.|Marcus Tullius Cicerō|Orātor ad Brūtum, § 154}} The joke is: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;cum nōb...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:Bust of Cicero (1st-cent. BC) - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Marcus Tullius Cicerō]]&lt;br /&gt;
The Roman statesman Cicero had a folk etymological explanation for why we say &amp;quot;nobiscum&amp;quot; and not &amp;quot;cum nobis.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
{{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|Orātor ad Brūtum, § 154}}&lt;br /&gt;
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.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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