Love, marriage and sexuality: aids and handbooks

[Titvs Statilivs Castvs]

AID is assistant or assistance, such as a work glove is an aid to prevent hand injury, or the act of quick remedy for an injury (First Aid). There are other aids in immediate context of the subject here, naturally.

AIDE is a hired human assistant, such as the staff of a governmental official. These people evidently are sometimes involved in the subject at hand.

AIDS is a disease of the immune system. There is sometimes a connection with this context, particularly in the improper use of aides.

OK, I could get in a lot of trouble with this...nuff said.

So there ya go. American English has its own set of quirks and oddities.

That's what's it about. Not very polite, but to clear things up, we're talking about dildo's (Aristophanes in Lysistrata, Herodas in his Mimes), maybe even forms of contraception, but also visual erotica (on certain height) etc etc. In addition to handbooks.:-)