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
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
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?