“Cant be arsed” or “can’t be asked”

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I didn’t realise until recently that people use one term or the other. If you say one of these terms, which one is it?

I say one, friend says another, we are both convinced our way is said more than the other.

Definitely arsed. Asked is just wrong in this context.

Who is saying asked? That’s just nonsense. It’s like people who say rest bite. They’ve misheard and don’t understand what they’re actually saying.

Who says "can't be asked"

Same people who say "could of" maybe?

Do you think your friends having a laugh with you? 😁

”I didn’t realise until recently that people use one term or the other.”

That’s because they don’t 😁

I’ve always said can’t be asked😂 as in, ‘ButterflyKu, are you going out tonight,’ then I’d say, ‘no, can’t be asked.’ I always thought it meant that someone can still ask (like try to persuade you) and you’d still say no. Clearly I just made that up🤣

It’s arsed, never heard asked before.

This is soooo interesting. I thought people say ‘arse’ so that it means bum lol I never understood how that made sense!

Where did you learn that from? It doesn’t make sense. I can’t believe there are at least two people saying this (unless you are OP’s friend!)

Arsed. Never ever heard of can’t be asked and I’ve lived up north, in the midlands and down south.

Honestly I’m in SW London and all of us that say it, say ‘can’t be asked’😂

Are you sure your not miss hearing others? Arsed could sound like asked in some accents maybe

Arsed. 💯
Asked makes no sense whatsoever. They have it wrong.

Depends who I am with ;)

Yeah I thought that too. Some people probably did say assed, then the perpetually thick changed it to asked.

If you speak English with a short 'a' in 'ask' (and 'bath' etc.) then you couldn't mix them up. The 'r' in 'arse' makes the vowel long.

I bet your friend also says “I could care less” as well? (It’s obviously “I couldn’t care less”)

Definitely arsed.

I have a friend who says asked. It’s not even that she would find the term offensive. It’s just what she says. I assumed it was an auto correct every time until I googled and realised others say it too!

Actually I like that your brain found an explanation for 'asked' that was satisfactory to you @ButterflyKu😃

Anyone who says can't be asked is just wrong and a tad stupid. End of

I’ve heard ‘asked’ a lot actually - SE London like @ButterflyKu Or more like, ‘aks-d’ 😄 I assumed because they thought the whole ‘I can be asked but I’ll refuse’ thing too. Just like the whole American reasoning for ‘I could care less’ does make sense if you open your mind a bit - ‘I COULD care less. But I can’t be asked to’.

I’ve always said arse though personally.

Arsed

Yes but northerners pronounce asked and arsed completely differently and you couldn’t mishear one for the other. Southerners at least pronounce them similarly.

Going solely by your username, are you the one who says ‘asked’, OP? 😁