No, I didn’t mean that, it’s obviously the correct plural in Latin. I was mostly just sort of trying to be funny (unsuccessfully), but I also really haven’t ever seen *ani *used as a plural for *anus *in English, an *anuses *is certainly not wrong (in English, that is).
No, I didn’t mean that, it’s obviously the correct plural in Latin. I was mostly just sort of trying to be funny (unsuccessfully), but I also really haven’t ever seen *ani *used as a plural for *anus *in English, an *anuses *is certainly not wrong (in English, that is).
In that case I agree with you. In general it’s preferable to use the English plural whenever possible; people usually use the Latin to try to seem learned. This often backfires, however, as in the cases of ocotopi (octopodes), penii (penes), clitorii (clitorides), rhinocerii (rhinocerotes), or virii (no Latin plural).
RobDog
June 22, 2013, 9:47pm
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Jeez. You try to have a perfectly decent conversation about chocolate assholes and you guys have to drag it down to the level of latin plurals.
This place, honestly.
How do you think Hershey invented the chocolate kiss?
Now where can I order that chocolate asshole? yummy.
Chocolate anuses…now all we need is some rimming sugar.
The correct term is “hot dog”.
Anthony Bourdain has us all beat. Warthog anus.
As Anthony Bourdain took the first foul, unwashed bite of warthog anus, his producer Chris Collins gave him a look that said: “Man, you’re going to get so sick.” Normally Collins would have been ri…
As Anthony Bourdain took the first foul, unwashed bite of warthog anus, his producer Chris Collins gave him a look that said: “Man, you’re going to get so sick.”
Normally Collins would have been right behind him. “I can confidently say, whatever s - - t he’s put in his mouth, I put in mine, with the exception of the warthog anus,” Collins says. But a man’s got to draw a line somewhere. “They had just squeezed a turd out of it.”
Just wait until we start debating the correct form of the genitive for “chocolate.”
Alpine
June 23, 2013, 1:19am
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Do you think a gummi version might be next?
Napier:
I worked in a meatpacking plant once and was interested to discover there’s a job that involves jamming one’s thumb into the pig assholes going by on the conveyor, cutting around them with a very sharp knife, pulling it out a little and cutting off the intestine, and deftly flicking it into a dedicated chute. What was at the bottom of the asshole chute in the basement of the plant, I never found out. They’re worth harvesting for something, though…
My immediate thought was they were used for rennet, but no, apparently that’s cow intestines, not pig.
I guess now we can consider the cattle mute problem solved.
Napier:
I worked in a meatpacking plant once and was interested to discover there’s a job that involves jamming one’s thumb into the pig assholes going by on the conveyor, cutting around them with a very sharp knife, pulling it out a little and cutting off the intestine, and deftly flicking it into a dedicated chute. What was at the bottom of the asshole chute in the basement of the plant, I never found out. They’re worth harvesting for something, though…
Somewhere is a man who, if you ask what he does for a living, will say, “I work at the bottom of the asshole chute.”
Think about that the next time you’re having a rough day on the job.
During the Lorena Bobbitt trial, vendors were selling white chocolate penises (penii?)
Seriously? No one’s said ‘Ill bet they taste like shit’ yet? You guys are slipping.
Machine_Elf:
I’m no expert in latin. So OK, octopus -> octopodes cuz the “pus” is related to “pod” (feet), but wazzup with anus? It comes from the latin word anus. Similar with campus and virus. And radius. So what’s the rule for when a -us noun gets pluralized with an -i ending or a -uses ending?
‘Octopus’ is greek, octopuses is the correct plural. A plural -i ending is latin only.
Napier:
I worked in a meatpacking plant once and was interested to discover there’s a job that involves jamming one’s thumb into the pig assholes going by on the conveyor, cutting around them with a very sharp knife, pulling it out a little and cutting off the intestine, and deftly flicking it into a dedicated chute. What was at the bottom of the asshole chute in the basement of the plant, I never found out. They’re worth harvesting for something, though…
That’s what I love about this place. Asked and answered.
It’s more complex than that, and has been hashed out on this board before. “Octopus” is, indeed, a Latin word. But it’s not firsyt declension, which woul take an “-i” plural;. It’s irregular third, and the plural is octopodes , as observed above.
Of course, it’s also an English word, with correct plural octopuses .
Work for *mongoose[/i[, too.
I’ve eaten actual animal asses and anuses so I would try this. Doesn’t seem disgusting to me
[Martha Stewart ]Sucking ani. It’s a good thing.[/Martha Steawrt ]
The Famous Anus Brand is the best IMO. It’s a toss up between Tom Cruise and Donald Trump for top dog though.
