Poll

[brainofck]

There's a poll over in my RL journal (too cheap to pay for two journals...) Sorry, friends locked. But I'd like input from you, the porn reading public.

Click here to visit my NC-17 vocabulary poll regarding the noun/verb cum.

Comments

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

Okay, well I can't go to the poll since I am not friended to your RL journal but:

The Mysterious Masked Linguist's take on Cum vs Come"

"Cum" makes a HORRIBLE verb. This is just from a tense aspect, not even a vocabulary/spelling/sociolinguistic aspect. Tense wise, "Cum" has to be irregular or the past tense becomes "cummed", and new additions to the language will almost always follow the regular verb template. It sort of works in present tense, and in progressive aspect "cumming". But nobody wants that past tense.

Cum as a noun. I'm actually okay with this, though I prefer "come". It's a little unusual to noun verbs instead of the other way around so I can see why some people don't like "come" as a noun.

[garglingargoyle.livejournal.com]

I was going to say just about the same thing as spyderqueen (sans the actual grammatical reasoning, though I agree with it).

I dislike "cum" as a verb, as a description of action. I'd even say it puts me off. As a noun, I'm okay with either "cum" or "come."

Incidentally, the OED includes "to experience sexual orgasm" as a definition of the verb form of "come" and "semen ejaculated at sexual climax" as a definition of the noun form of "come." No such listings for "cum." Not that I think the OED should necessarily guide anyone in this instance--just thought it was interesting. :-)

[brainofck.livejournal.com]

Yes. I agree. Cummed is a no go. Came.

I have a problem, because I want to distinguish this verb from the verb of motion. But I run into the past tense problem, so basically, I ignore that and just do what I want because it's porn and I'm a native speaker and I'll do whatever I want to my native tongue, dang it.

But princessofg complained, so I wanted to know what people think, and I find that of the people who responded to my poll, I am a minority of one in preferring the alternate spelling in all cases. I will probably yield to the prevailing opinion and not use the alternate spelling anymore.

*pouts*

[brainofck.livejournal.com]

I am intrigued. Does the OED include the word coniption? :D As I said above, I believe I will be deferring to the overwhelming public opinion that "cum" is stupid and annoying. *sigh*