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Knock knock

Knock knock... Who's there?... Ian... Ian who?...... Anal sex.

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It is a verbal gag rather than a wriiten one... well it's supposed to be. Cheers

I get it, Ian was knocking on the back door

Does the start of 'anal' sound the same as 'Ian' in a Northern Irish accent?

Or is there a Belfast chat show host called 'Ian Anal Sex'?

It may be an aural pun for persons of a northern disposition:

The lines: "Ian who?" "Anal sex" may sound like "Eh, I knew anal sex" or even "here you are now, anal sex" when rendered in Newcastle-style patois.

Quote: Judgement Dave @ October 14 2012, 10:53 PM BST

Does the start of 'anal' sound the same as 'Ian' in a Northern Irish accent?

Or is there a Belfast chat show host called 'Ian Anal Sex'?

Dave, Ian sounds like the first syallable of anal, doesn't it?

Ian (1 syallable)
An..al (2 syallables but the first is pronounced like 'Ian'.

In fact, the word 'anal' could be said to have a silent 'i' at the start even though it hasn't. Hope that clears it up for you.

:)

Quote: Nigel Kelly @ October 14 2012, 11:44 PM BST

Dave, Ian sounds like the first syallable of anal, doesn't it?

Ian (1 syallable)
An..al (2 syallables but the first is pronounced like 'Ian'.

In fact, the word 'anal' could be said to have a silent 'i' at the start even though it hasn't. Hope that clears it up for you.

:)

I couldn't 'hear' that either until you just explained it, so I think it is the accent. I kept reading it as Ian Anal Sex which made no sense :D

Even in my best Reverend Ian Paisley imitating accent, I cannot figure out just how on Earth you can pronounce 'anal' to sound like 'Ian' (-al). I think a YouTube example is called for. :)

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