I'm having an issue with your anus.

[marguerite_26]

so....

Littlest is big time into the solar system and his favourite planet is Uranus.

He learned to pronounce it from a Wall-E video game which pronounces it: you're a nuss.

Which is fine by me because I am 12 and still laugh at 'They found a new ring around Uranus' jokes.

Anyway... his teacher is insisting that the pronunciation is Your anus. Which has resulted in a few arguments in his Kindergarten class because to him: how can Wall-E be wrong???

I've tried google and so far everything says both are acceptable.

I'm wondering if it's a Canadian/American difference or if just people wanting to avoid the titters at this poor planet that gets more laughs than Pluto.

You guys want to share your thoughts on your anus?
see? 12.

Comments

[hobnailedboots.livejournal.com]

In Britain both seem okay but I think the consensus is that it's your anus, with you're a nuss used to avoid snickers.

Incidentally, it took me until the third read of OotP before I got the Uranus joke.

[hobnailedboots.livejournal.com]

I've also heard some people say ooh rah nus, but that appears to be really rare.

[faithwood.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, it took me until the third read of OotP before I got the Uranus joke.

Heh! I totally missed it in both PoA and OotP when I first read them.

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

I totally missed it in both PoA and OotP when I first read them.

I haven't been aware it's even there (having read both too many times to count.) Where?!

[faithwood.livejournal.com]

In PoA it goes something like this:

Lavender: "Oh Professor, look! I think I've got an unexpected planet! Oooh, which one's that, Professor?"
Professor Trelawney: "It is Uranus, my dear."
Ron: "Can I have a look at Uranus too, Lavender?"

And in OotP, when Ron gets attacks by those brains in DoM, he starts yelling something like: Harry, Harry, we saw Uranus up close. Get it, Harry? We saw Uranus!

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

What the actual...! Wow.

And here I thought Mandrake orgies and Gilderoy's implied premature ejaculation were the gems.

[faithwood.livejournal.com]

Ahaha. JKR is so twelve. <3

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

I wonder what her grown-up targeted mystery is going to be like...

[lordhellebore]

Gilderoy's implied premature ejaculation

Where???

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

In Chamber of Secrets, chapter: The Duelling Club.

There's Snape waspishly snapishly implicitly mocking Lockhart as they 'tutor' at the duelling club. Anyway, watch the subtext not in the dialogue, but in the actions of their scene. Gilderoy challenges Snape, they sort of duel, Gilderoy says his wand is a little over-excited. Too easy. Lockhart makes a 'complicated sort of wiggling action' and drops his wand. Snape smirks.

Allusion: PREMATURE EJACULATION. That whole transaction is one implied alpha posturing/masculinity mocking scene. It's just subtext buried under all the text.

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

Gilderoy's implied premature ejaculation

!!

OK, now I have to re-read CoS ;)

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

And when you read it, look for Arthur/Lucius subtext. It kind of hit me out of nowhere: there's LOADS. Like on purpose. The fighting! The glaring! The off-screen encounters! It's like they're having a torrid affair.

I'll go and unlock my reading notes from ages ago. My wide-eyed amazement during a CoS reread: the fun parts. (http://chantefable.livejournal.com/tag/reading%3Aharry%20potter)

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

I couldn't believe she got away with all the Aberforth/goat references ;)

[chantefable.livejournal.com]

It's like he's Pan or something. :)

[vaysh11.livejournal.com]

Never got it until now. I was wondering what Ron was on about. Once I am back home, I need to check the translation. *waves from catsintheattic's home. ♥

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

It was only about a month ago that faithwoobrought thatjoke to my attention.

Also knockturn alley.