It means essentially 'please tell me/us.' It is a piece of rhetoric and uses 'pray' in its archaic meaning of 'implore.' So the expression is a contraction of 'I pray (implore) you to tell me/us.'

I hope this helps.

1/16/2010 5:07:31 PM

Who didn't know that?

1/16/2010 5:08:03 PM

well apparently qntmfred

1/16/2010 5:08:39 PM

oh... so really this thread is only a degree or two away from your and El Nacho's sandy vaginas.

1/16/2010 5:09:52 PM

Ah, thank you. This thread is much more interesting than that other crappy thread

1/16/2010 5:13:13 PM

chit chat is full of crappy threads

1/16/2010 5:16:11 PM

KaYaK
All American
791 Posts

most worthless 791 posts ever

1/16/2010 5:16:23 PM

HaLo
All American
8166 Posts

most worthless 8166 posts ever

1/16/2010 5:20:31 PM

yea i think it would be less embarrassing to only have 794 worthless posts than 8000+ worthless posts

1/16/2010 5:21:29 PM

KaYaK is the Dane Cook of TWW.

Loud, obnoxious, and steals jokes.

1/16/2010 5:21:30 PM

^^^Do you have so much vag sand collected that you just have to throw it at everyone else? Is that the problem here?

[Edited on January 16, 2010 at 5:22 PM. Reason : .]

1/16/2010 5:22:12 PM

tromboner950
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8027 Posts

8027 more worthless posts than HaLo

1/16/2010 5:24:42 PM

ROFL

1/16/2010 5:25:14 PM

I thought 'pray tell' meant 'I'm an obnoxious douchebag'.

1/16/2010 5:29:01 PM

^^^I'll take that as a "yes"

1/16/2010 5:31:19 PM

^^ see that's where I was confused too

1/16/2010 5:34:11 PM

Quote :

"KaYaK is the Dane Cook of TWW. Loud, obnoxious, and steals jokes."

LOL

1/16/2010 5:42:42 PM

I like to keep it old school and use "prithee" instead.

1/16/2010 6:09:54 PM