Has to be said *laugh*

Just got this in email feedback:

learn the terms

Comments:

Your story to a point was doing and progressing fine, then it abruptly fell apart. What caused the change, your use of the wrong spelling form of a word for the situation being discribed. Its the use of “come” when properly is should have been “cum” when referring to semen or an orgasm; minor true but has great impact on quality of a story.

Uhm… No.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/come?s=t

 slang to have an orgasm

“Come” is the word that was in use long before me.  In fact, the same definition will point out that semen also shares this word, though I prefer “cum” for the noun.

The modern version of “cum” is just too problematic with respect to climax.  Sorry, but “cummed” is just too 13-year-old text messaging for my taste, and “cumming” isn’t much better.

I get this message every so often, and it always makes me roll my eyes.  If it was a suggestion of a preferred spelling in the commentator’s opinion, I wouldn’t have a problem.  I can certainly respect that and see where they’re coming from.

( Pardon the pun *laugh* )

There’s something to be said for a different spelling that singles out the orgasmic version of come from its vanilla cousin.

However, it’s always someone trying to tell me that I’m wrong, when all it takes is a look at a dictionary — any dictionary — to see otherwise.

My preferred version of the word is every bit as legitimate — if not more so — and has a far longer history than yours, so there! *laugh*

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