Am I an ass hole?

[Seafog]

Buddy and his Missus are in the boat, but facing each other.
They've been going round in circles for ten minutes.
Am I an ass hole for laughing?

Ok, I'll bite.

What?

Are you on drugs?

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole hmm]

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole

You do realise not every British accent has long vowels, right? I say ‘ass’, not ‘arse’ because I have a Midlands accent.

What?

Should we know who 'Buddy and his Missus' are?

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole

You do realise not every British accent has long vowels, right? I say ‘ass’, not ‘arse’ because I have a Midlands accent.

People from the midlands don’t say ass!!

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole

You do realise not every British accent has long vowels, right? I say ‘ass’, not ‘arse’ because I have a Midlands accent.

Would you spell it ass or arse? Only ass seems more American to me. I like a nice British Arse!

Ass seems less rude too. Arse used to be a proper swear, I'm sure!

Yes.

People from the midlands don’t say ass!

Well at least two of us do since DH and I are both born and raised and don’t say “arse”!

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

People from the midlands don’t say ass!

Well at least two of us do since DH and I are both born and raised and don’t say “arse”!

I’m born and raised too and have never ever heard anyone say ass! I wonder if it depends on which part of the midlands?

I am from the Midlands and say 'arse', but back to the boat...

Well I’m just going to say that the photo actually looks like an American place (based on nothing at all!) therefore, ass would be likely?

I’m from the Midlands and I say ass. I’d write arse, but I say ass. So does my husband.

Would you spell it ass or arse? Only ass seems more American to me. I like a nice British Arse!

Never really thought about the spelling to be fair... it’s the ‘arrr’ sound I don’t get, like how Southeners say “grass” with a long A.

(I am aware this is derailing the thread but nobody knows what the OP is on about anyway, so might as well)

Well I am glad that is all cleared up. What a great thread.

I’m born and raised too and have never ever heard anyone say ass! I wonder if it depends on which part of the midlands?

Right hang on, how do you pronounce words like bath and grass? I’m interested in where our accents diverge now. We’re also heading dangerously close to Mum vs Mom territory which always gets oddly heated on MN

Eh?

Is it because they are rowing opposite ways to each other?

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole

You do realise not every British accent has long vowels, right? I say ‘ass’, not ‘arse’ because I have a Midlands accent.

You do realise in the UK the spelling is still arse no matter how you pronounce it. Ass is the American version.

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole

You do realise not every British accent has long vowels, right? I say ‘ass’, not ‘arse’ because I have a Midlands accent.

WTF? West Midlands and its arse ! Arse arse arse . It's not the same as saying grass with a long 'a'.

@VerityWibbleWobble

YABU for saying an ass hole instead of arse hole hmm]

Maybe OP is American?

@CoffeeWithMyOxygen

I’m born and raised too and have never ever heard anyone say ass! I wonder if it depends on which part of the midlands?

Right hang on, how do you pronounce words like bath and grass? I’m interested in where our accents diverge now. We’re also heading dangerously close to Mum vs Mom territory which always gets oddly heated on MN

Oooh, see we (as in my family and everyone I know) pronounce grass as in ass and bath as it’s spelt.... it seems to be just ass that is ‘arse’. Very strange now I think about it 🤔 I thought ‘ass’ was just an American thing. Or a donkey.

Definitely a ‘Mom’ household here

Sorry for the offenseIm Canadian