Arse or ass

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[argebarse]

bah, ass my arse.

[lorax121323]

arse

[waddellski]

because american english is a degeneration of true english

[LLOYD19851012]

It just makes americans sound dumb. Oh wait they already are dumb fucks.

[jleer1]

@giles166 Lol, thanks :)

[giles166]

@jleer1 you are a legend :D

[keshihead85]

the english language has developed over the last two thousand years, thats why you dopey cunt. that and the fact we exported it and it is the most commonly used language.

[mir2k9]

I say both

[vampanar]

How bout arss?



[jleer1]

@goldiebee19 I am British, and I can confirm that we say "arse", not "ass". We use the soft "r", not the American over-emphasised "r". We don't need to embrace "ass", because "arse" is the original version of the word. "Arse" is more accurate than "ass" because it is the original word.

[jleer1]

@MrSharpAss It means you want to put it is someone's arse/ass/donkey ;)

[jleer1]

@1068411lck I assume asinus is where anus came from.