European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Words amp wit time to cum around on misuse of foreign phrases James j. Kilpatrick the writers Art what a this a a cum business the a recently provided a dispatch from fort Mccoy about a a lawyer cum soldiers in training there. The new York times in March reported that tycoon Steve Ross began with a a fun Crai parlor cum rent a car  another times Man in March wrote of a  How pretentious can a writer get that pretentious. A a cum is a latin preposition meaning  in some applications it seems also to mean a and a a but Quot or  its use in English is Peacock prose. It is an affectation of smart Aleck writers who suppose that a a cum adds a certain spi finess. It adds nothing of value. This preening has been going on for a Long time. Websters dictionary of English usage cites John Kenneth Galbraith in 1969 writing of a a maharajah cum governor in India. John Simon has written of a  Judith Crist has recalled a a 1929 gangster movie cum musical  the Wall Street journal has reported a an Oil import fee cum gasoline  cosmopolitan Magazine has described executives a on a business cum pleasure  Bah double Bah let me deliver the semiannual lecture on the use of foreign words and phrases. You should employ them Only if 1 you Are absolutely certain that you have them right 2 you believe the word or phrase adds something of True stylistic value and 3 you suppose that 85 percent of your readers will get the meaning. Otherwise for crying out loud write in English failure to follow this sound advice can make a writer look silly or stupid or both. The Christian science Monitor interviewed folksinger Christine Lavin and reported a she does no to consider herself a feminist per  a writer for the Bent a publication of an engineering fraternity doubted that we have a a declining productivity per  that so per Sci meaning a in itself or a was  look you writers if you can to spell it done to use it. That goes for a Bona fide a too meaning a in Good  the Albany a Herald spoke in february of a ibo unified Spring  across the continent in Bellevue wash., the journal american asserted that Lake Bellevue a is a Bonifield  latin phrases throw writers. In the comic Hilgar the horrible a Wise Man offers advice to Hilgar a Scarpe drum a Good advice Lousy spelling. Its a a carps diem a meaning a seize the Day a the mount airy . News reported on Surry county a guardian and item program. A guardian up economist John Kenneth Galbraith went overboard with his a maharajah cum  and item is a person appointed by a court to look after the interests of a child or a senile oldster during the Pendency of a lawsuit. The news said More a guardian and a items Are needed. Nope. The county court needs More guardians and item. Watch those plurals the Greenville . News identified a local judge As a an alumni of Camp Greenville. You can to have a an  no such thing. The judge is an alumnus a female judge would be an Alumna. The masculine plural alumni is used for both men and women graduates. The Winston Salem . Journal quoted a doctor As saying that bacterial pneumonia is caused by a a  you can to have a a a bacteria any More than you can have a a and alumni. A a bacteria is the plural of bacterium just As data is the plural of Datum and Media is the plural of medium. Universal press Syndicate trying to be hip and not in Bell Bottoms Tony Kornheiser did you Ever have one of those depressingly defining moments when suddenly it became Crystal Clear How helplessly out of it you were like you re stuck at a Light and the kid in the next car s tape deck is blasting one of those rap groups with a name that sounds like a License plate like beef r 2 bad and the dialogue goes you wow. That a pretty loud. I line. Its dope. You smiling yeah you gotta be a dope. Ii Ini its def. You nodding Well yeah you May As Well be . I Lim to chill. You confused yeah factory air. It came with the car. I be been feeling very in hip lately. My smart Friend Martha Points out in my still wearing Bell Bottoms from the first time  i can handle that i no longer recognize the names of the musical acts on saturday night live. But a few weeks ago i Hadnot even heard of the Host. It was then that i realized i am officially exhibit a totally clueless. Desperate for help i called a few Twenty something colleagues to my office to find out what was hip these Davs so i did no to seem like such a Cheeze Whiz. A juicers a Laura said. A ooh yes juicers a Gigi said. A you  lots of stories about juicing in the  a juicing a i asked. A you mean like squeezing fresh Orange juice a a no a Gigi said. A like stay healthy juicing. Like make juice for your face. Make a mask out of cucumbers and Yogurt and spread it on your face. Like make a conditioner for your hair out of Veggie juice. Make juice for whatever ails you. You can put anything in a Juicer. You can put your dog in it make juice out of your  i wrote Down juicing. A Pool Halls a Laura said. A Pool Halls Quot i said brightening up. A i used to go to Pool  a Pool Halls where they serve cappuccino and cheesecake a she said. A a can to say i went to those a i said. A most Pool Halls in be been in anybody asking for cappuccino and cheesecake was also asking to spend the next six weeks in  i wrote Down Pool Halls. Quot forget Pool its Over a Dana said. A everybody shoots skeet now. There arc ranges popping up All  i scratched off Pool Halls and wrote skeet. A pin strip topless bars a Laura said. A you know topless bars for lawyers. Its not Sleazy  i wrote Down Classy topless bars. Ask bartender about juicers. A table dancing a Dana said. Quot table dancing a i said. A very hip in new York a she said. A about 11 of clock even with people still eating  get up on the tables and Start dancing and inevitably someone starts  a dancing on the tables a i said. A a that a where i met my Boyfriend a she said. I thought of a great pick up line you re table dancing and ask a so what kind of Juicer do you have Quot David poked his head in and declared a Nice cube rules a a a what san ice cube a i asked. Quot not what who a Dana said. A Nice cube is a rap  a ooh a i said. Laura said a i talked to a Friend of mine in Boston the hippest woman i know. She told me that the hippest thing now was to do nothing. So i asked her what she did last night. She said she ate Rice Kris pies and scraped the roof of her Mouth with her spoon and it  this must be tres hip. A bottled water holders a Gigi said. A a it a like a Sling you Wear across your Chest like a purse. You carry your bottled water in it. You get them in colors to coordinate with outfits. All the models have  i wrote Down Start dating models. A Beer tastings a Michael said. A Beer tastings a i said. A Small local brands a Dana said. A a Budweiser is  a wait a i said. A you mean if i fill my Bathtub with water hops and Barley and Call it olde Konheiser i can make a Fortune a i wrote Down Beer. A step aerobics a Laura said. A you buy a step and put it in a room and you step up and step Down to  a a that a if a i asked. A you step on and step off a a Well the advanced people step up and then turn before stepping Down. My sister in Law is really into it. She bought a pair of special step shoes. They told her regular sneakers   a for climbing one step a i asked. I wonder do you need special shoes for juicing a the �?T70s,�?� Michael said. A the �?T70s?�?� i said. A i lived through the �?T70s. The �?T70s were beanbag chairs and Tony Orlando and pringles. The �?T70s weren to  they Are now a he insisted. A a everybody a buying those 70s collections. All the music from Wayne a world was �?T70s.�?� reluctantly i wrote Down �?T70s. A girls with keds with no shoe laces or socks a Gigi said. A How do they keep them on a i asked. A a that a what s hip a i was told. Obviously i wrote that Down. Creators Syndicate Page 2-1 a sunday May 2-1. 1992