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Surely no one actually thinks that's how Brits pronounce ass. Surely?
Ass is pronounced ass and arse is pronounced arse
They are generally used differently at least in the bit of the UK I'm from
Ass is the body part/animal and rarely used as an insult
Arse is primarily used as an insult "I don't like him the man's an arse"
I have zero clue how it evolved this way beyond (to me at least) calling someone an ass just sounds wierd.
Ass is very rarely used to mean the body part in the UK
I see, better double check were I live.
In all seriousness though where at its pretty common in the parts I'm at along the length of the forth and clyde canal
It's one of the fun things of living on an island with such a wide range of taking
My first encounter with the word “arse” was when I played Conker’s Bad Fur Day on the N64 as a kid. I thought it was just a funny-sounding way to get around censors back then haha
I feel like parts of the UK have always said ass instead of arse. Like how some places say pants instead of trousers.
Isn't pants an American thing? Never heard that word used here to mean anything other than certain types of underwear
Its another local accent word from nearish Manchester iirc that got taken over when colonists went to America. Its be like if mostly Yorkshire people went over as colonists and Americans used keks/kegs instead of pants.
That I did not know. Always learning
I did just remember 1 innstane of pants as trousers
Trevor and Simon on Saturday morning tv heh
They can't be arsed
I used too 😅