Talk:Anāl language

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How is this pronounced?

Considering it's called the Anal Language, how is it pronounced? i'd be honestly surprised be pronounced as the word. 50.195.51.9 (talk) 14:25, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 September 2016

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The result of the move request was: COMMONNAME makes it pretty clear and the opposes don't make a convincing argument. Hence, moved. QEDK (T C) 19:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]


Namfau languageAnal language – This was moved from original title Anal language, but Google Books indicates Anal has more currency among authors and scholars than "Namfau language" (which is only one village that uses it) even when the Freudian stuff is discounted. [1] [2] The refs used in this article use Anal. This, along with Anus language (also moved) was once noted for having one of the most unusual titles of any serious article on Wikipedia; I can understand why some may have wanted to move it, as it may have seemed odd and unprofessional, but Wikipedia is not censored, and this is not a joke. Ribbet32 (talk) 18:40, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Again that's why our consistency guideline is a guideline not a law. Anal (language) makes perfect reader sense for the same reason Anal (retentiveness) couldn't make sense. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:07, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, WP:CONSISTENCY is a principle on Wikipedia:Article titles, a policy page, not a guideline. Ribbet32 (talk) 22:03, 1 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sure enough :) but again consistency also means we don't take titles which have already been shown to mean other things in general Google books nor legalistically enforce format for dabs on an article which has already proven a vandalism magnet. Unless someone here is going to volunteer to Watchlist this page for the next 10 years? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:39, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Page protection exists for this very reason. Under this logic, we should move Fucking, Austria to Fooking and expect that that will miraculously stop vandalism. Even Fugging is vandalised despite it is not named Fucking. © Tbhotch (en-2.5). 23:53, 2 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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