Looking at old AD&D cantrips for reasons and this one will always kill me because I'm twelve.

So, for reference, there's this spell, which is very similar. Note the verbal component.

And then there's this one

And I know what it means by the verbal component, but that's not where my head goes.

why would you phrase it that way when you described it perfectly well half a page ago

l a b i a l

there's no reason