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In a message dated 6/30/01 10:34:33 PM Central Daylight Time, ms@gf.org 
writes:

<< On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, you wrote:
 
 > Cum loquor, una mihi peccatur littera, nam te
 > pe dico semper blaesaque lingua mihi est.
 
 I get one letter wrong and call you [te] 'pe'. 
 Of course te pe dico "I call you pe" = te pedico "I bugger you".
 
 Now: are you being faux-naif, having thought of this because of the 
 "pedica satur" thread? 'Fess up. 
 
 >the couplet might teach me something about 
 > Latin word order.  
 
 It teaches us something, anyway, about the perennial 
 appeal of the pun.
  >>
Well, according to your way of handling it then, the remainder of the line 
would be a further remark, to the effect that "I always have a heavy tongue"?

--I guess it was the pedica satur thread brought this to mind all right, 
but--urban rubes to the contrary notwithstanding--our naivete out here on the 
plains is astonishingly genuine.

Best,
JWW
Sipe Springs, Texas

 
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