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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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[–] Today@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] schism@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

Those words do not sound the same

[–] Blegh@lemm.ee 5 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.

[–] Someology@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nope. They do not sound the same.

[–] Kaladin_Stormblessed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 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.”

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 2 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