# Does ”analingus” bother anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 17, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017 "2012-09-17T22:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Che\_G.Anonymous\_Capitalist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Che\_G.Anonymous\_Capitalist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Che_G.Anonymous_Capitalist)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/1 "2012-09-17T22:34:28Z")
It drives me wild. What is the purpose of the non-standard spelling ”analingus” for ”anilingus”? Is it supposed to be a joke? Ha ha, it has ”anal” in it? Is this a real problem or am I just being anal? Maybe Americans are just falling behind on spelling skills. Do you think we should have kids practice ”anilingus”? At worst, it get them off the internet for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/2 "2012-09-17T23:22:25Z")
I don’t think I’ve seen either spelling enough to have any feelings about it whatsoever, nor have I even given either spelling much thought. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/3 "2012-09-17T23:57:39Z")
I’m waiting for more detail on exactly what you are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/4 "2012-09-17T23:59:02Z")
I guess we can pretty well figure out what the OP likes to read about. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/5 "2012-09-17T23:59:51Z")
Of all the things this thread could have been about, SPELLING is not what I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/6 "2012-09-18T00:02:36Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Of all the things this thread could have been about, SPELLING is not what I expected. Especially when the first sentence of the OP is “It drives me wild.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/7 "2012-09-18T00:23:30Z")
> [@Che\_G.Anonymous\_Capitalist](#): > > It drives me wild. What is the purpose of the non-standard spelling ”analingus” for ”anilingus”? Is it supposed to be a joke? Ha ha, it has ”anal” in it? > > Is this a real problem or am I just being anal? Maybe Americans are just falling behind on spelling skills. Do you think we should have kids practice ”anilingus”? At worst, it get them off the internet for a while. No, it’s to make sure that people know what it means. With an I, you might think it was just an unusual word. Spelling it anal makes the connection to both the anus and cunnilingus more obvious. My question is whether your post is intended as a joke. If so, get better material. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/8 "2012-09-18T00:58:34Z")
“One beer coming right up. Say cowboy, I couldn’t help notice that when you tied up your horse out front, you went behind it and kissed its asshole. You mind telling me what that was for?” “I got me a bad case of chapped lips.” “Kissing a horse’s asshole cures chapped lips?” “Nope, but it keeps me from licking them and making it worse.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/9 "2012-09-18T01:03:56Z")
The OPs problems are miniscule 🙂 [See usage note](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minuscule?s=t) Also, I apparently never noticed that it was spelled any other way than with “anus.” In my defense, I knew this would be a thread on the word from the subject line. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/10 "2012-09-18T01:28:00Z")
There’ll be no more “Colonel Angus,” ladies. Call me by my given name. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/11 "2012-09-18T02:21:45Z")
Well, the thread has been educational. I knew about “minuscule,” but I didn’t know about “anilingus.” I’d spelled it (or spelt it) with an “a,” not an “i.” And I practice it with abandon… (i.e., I abandoned the practice when I first heard of it!) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/12 "2012-09-18T02:57:53Z")
It only bothers me when she wants to kiss me afterward. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/13 "2012-09-18T03:00:24Z")
Who gives a shit? ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/14 "2012-09-18T03:09:09Z")
Weird wrong little bit of humor. Obvious analingis is inherently funny, as is ass-sex and cocksucking. Cuntlapping is funny too – you ever seen one of them up close? It’s funny. What the hell do you care, anyway? Someone seems to fucking love the ass-to-mouth, which is fine. But you’re the only one who seems to care how to spell it. Obviously the act is disgusting, as is ass-fucking, but who cares how it’s spelt? ---
**Author:** ![quedefuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quedefuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quedefuk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/15 "2012-09-18T03:23:05Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > It only bothers me when she wants to kiss me afterward. I can’t believe her mouth would be more disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/16 "2012-09-18T03:30:58Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > who cares how it’s spelt? A guy who cares enough to join an internet messageboard just in order to be able to ask the question to lots and lots more people; that’s who. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/17 "2012-09-18T03:39:50Z")
Yeah, well. Let me check. Got that part. Reserved right to make fun of deviants for their risible sexual practices. Also, check. Also, made fun of people who like anilingus [sic] and buttsex. Yep. What are you the defender of all those incapable of good old fashioned fucking, man? No need to get snippy with me, lady. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/18 "2012-09-18T03:49:05Z")
> [@Jaledin](#): > > Yeah, well. Let me check. Got that part. Reserved right to make fun of deviants for their risible sexual practices. Also, check. Also, made fun of people who like anilingus [sic] and buttsex. Yep. > > What are you the defender of all those incapable of good old fashioned fucking, man? No need to get snippy with me, lady. To whom is this post directed? To the OP or me? It puzzles me. If it’s me you are talking to here then you’ve totally misunderstood my post to which you are responding. But like I said, I’m confused. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/19 "2012-09-18T04:08:13Z")
> [@Che\_G.Anonymous\_Capitalist](#): > > It drives me wild. What is the purpose of the non-standard spelling ”analingus” for ”anilingus”? Is it supposed to be a joke? Ha ha, it has ”anal” in it? > > Is this a real problem or am I just being anal? Maybe Americans are just falling behind on spelling skills. Do you think we should have kids practice ”anilingus”? At worst, it get them off the internet for a while. And to think this was a _spelling_ thread… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017/20 "2012-09-18T04:41:53Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The OPs problems are miniscule 🙂 > > [See usage note](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/minuscule?s=t) Well, lick my ass and call me Shirley. I’ve been spelling that wrong for years. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-analingus-bother-anyone-else/635017.md?page=2)