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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 9 points 1 year ago

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 4 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.

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.”

To me arse just sounded like the British way of saying ass and I never really questioned it but I learned eventually

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