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)

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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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[-] Haus@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

I've seen some Scottish and Irish comedians who lean into that 'r' like they're trying to kick a potato to Portugal.

[-] pi3r8@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

can confirm, that is how we talk!

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