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American media regularly censors the word ass but not the English word arse despite most Americans not knowing the difference is spelling not pronunciation. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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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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[–] pi3r8@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Surely no one actually thinks that's how Brits pronounce ass. Surely?

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Ass is very rarely used to mean the body part in the UK

[–] RelentlessArts@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like parts of the UK have always said ass instead of arse. Like how some places say pants instead of trousers.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Isn't pants an American thing? Never heard that word used here to mean anything other than certain types of underwear

[–] animist@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

They can't be arsed