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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Edit: I don't mean they sound the same I mean the word arse is pronounced how I figured British would pronounce ass with the drawn r rather than the way arse is pronounced (at least where I'm from) it's a hard r

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Those words sound the same? I'm one of those Americans who did not know.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Those words do not sound the same

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Not in the slightest in the UK. Source: in the UK.

Ass isn't really said, and more seen as an 'Americanism'. Arse is way more common.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. They do not sound the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not quite. Brits don’t pronounce the R before a consonant, but the vowel will be more similar to the vowel in “paw” than in “ash.”

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

To me arse just sounded like the British way of saying ass and I never really questioned it but I learned eventually