@ilex@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agoWhat is a wandering minstrel-cum-clown? Does Russia still have them?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWhat is a wandering minstrel-cum-clown? Does Russia still have them?lemmy.world@ilex@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareBetty White In HDlinkfedilink0•2 years agoRussian speaker here, seems like a typo or translation error. Can’t think of why this would happen, but I don’t think cum plays any part in this. Interesting etymology though, the Italian scaramuccia (joker/jester/clown) seems pretty plausible.
minus-squareanimistcakelinkfedilink-1•2 years ago“cum” is Latin for “with” and is sometimes used in English to show that something is two things at once, so “minstrel-cum-clown” would be someone who is both a minstrel and a clown
Russian speaker here, seems like a typo or translation error. Can’t think of why this would happen, but I don’t think cum plays any part in this.
Interesting etymology though, the Italian scaramuccia (joker/jester/clown) seems pretty plausible.
“cum” is Latin for “with” and is sometimes used in English to show that something is two things at once, so “minstrel-cum-clown” would be someone who is both a minstrel and a clown