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

        • ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.worksOP
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          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

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    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.

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      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.

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    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”.

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      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?