# T-O-N-G-U-E **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579 "2001-08-28T19:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/1 "2001-08-28T19:12:49Z")
For some reason I have been posting a lot to sexual threads the last couple of days. Wha 'sup with THAT? 😕 It comes as no surprise that the word “tongue” (or as you will see in a second “tounge”) has . . . um. . . _popped up_ once or twice. Just wanted to bring attention to one of my spelling pet peeves. It is t-o-n-g-u-e _ **NOT** _ t-o-u-n-g-e. Thank you. Please resume. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/2 "2001-08-28T19:16:15Z")
Hmmmm… I was thinking of posting a thread just like this last Febuary. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/3 "2001-08-28T19:22:07Z")
I think thats one of the hardest words for me to remember how to spell… that and “throat” for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/4 "2001-08-28T19:24:03Z")
In defense of the typo in certain of the threads, it is hard to pronounce things clearly when your mouth is full. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/5 "2001-08-28T19:25:25Z")
Sounds like you need to learn a little more about tounges, specifically the [Tounge of Frog](http://www.angelfire.com/la/carlosmay/Tof.html). ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/6 "2001-08-28T19:37:50Z")
Holy shit! I was sure this thread was about me, but after reviewing my post in “that” thread, I see that this is one spelling error I seemed to have licked. OK, I’ll go now. ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/7 "2001-08-28T19:44:06Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Sealemon88 \* \*\*Holy shit! I was sure this thread was about me, but after reviewing my post in “that” thread, I see that this is one spelling error I seemed to have licked. …after your post in “that” thread, you may spell tongue however you’d like. We promise we’ll still hold it against you… er, I mean… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/8 "2001-08-28T19:46:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Please resume. Indeed. Please resume tonguing me. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/9 "2001-08-28T20:03:39Z")
If there is tonguing and Diane and Uncle Beer involved, I want in on it. I hate when you keep throwing these impromptu events and no one invites me. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/10 "2001-08-28T20:04:48Z")
You’ve given me a lot to think about. I shall retire to the longue. err…lounge. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/11 "2001-08-28T20:44:30Z")
…my landlord! T-O-N-G-U-E, my landlord! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/12 "2001-08-28T21:31:42Z")
That reminds me . . . Is it chaise lounge or chaise longue? ---
**Author:** ![Corrvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@Corrvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corrvin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/13 "2001-08-28T23:39:01Z")
\<\\> It’s longue in that case. It’s “long chair” in French. Corr ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/14 "2001-08-28T23:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Indeed. Please resume tonguing me. Sure, if you promise to send me a jpeg of what I am tonguing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/15 "2001-08-29T02:30:35Z")
Aw hell, let’s throw out the hard version and just spell it “tung”. Everyone agree? Okay then. “Tung” it is. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/16 "2001-08-29T04:34:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > Aw hell, let’s throw out the **hard version** and just spell it “tung”. Everyone agree? Okay then. “Tung” it is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/17 "2001-08-29T04:43:37Z")
What you want, baby I got it. What you need, you know I got it T-O-N-G-U-E, find out what it means to me. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-o-n-g-u-e/78579/18 "2001-08-29T06:17:53Z")
Hey, one-handed typing ain’t that easy!