Template:Random Latin fact

Random Latin fact

Marcus Tullius Cicerō 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.