arse is 100% pronounced differently to "ass"
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That's what I said.
You said the complete opposite, that it's "spelling not pronunciation"
Yeah because arse just sounds like the British way of saying ass. Meaning it's not the pronunciation that's different it's the spelling. Arse sounds different because it is different.
Think of how the British accent sounds and which parts of the words are usually drawn out. If you didn't know they were too different words they should like every other word pronounced differently in British vs American English
I've seen some Scottish and Irish comedians who lean into that 'r' like they're trying to kick a potato to Portugal.
can confirm, that is how we talk!
Lmao. I love when Americans just make shit up about Europeans
We never do that. Now go back to driving around in your biscuit powered car.
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 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
They can't be arsed
Yeah these are two very different pronunciations in Standard American English. /æs/ versus /ɑrs/
As a result there is a difference in severity as well, akin to the difference between “damn” and “darn”.
From what I'm gathering, they have very different pronunciations in British English as well. I'm not sure about this shower thought, it seems like OP might be the one that's mistaken?
Those words sound the same? I'm one of those Americans who did not know.
Those words do not sound the same
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.
To me arse just sounded like the British way of saying ass and I never really questioned it but I learned eventually
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.”