"arse" not 'ass'; the latter means a
donkey. Comment by: Phaser
Not if your in America, it means both.
Arse in British English. Comment by: Turkam
yes that right. In English a final
"r" is
not a consonant but rather influences
the vowel, the English have little "r-
coloring" Dialects in England and then
America are stronger in this therefore
the confusion and it happens in other
words where the "r" has been lost.
Citations might go back to
Shakespeare's time but certainly to the
18th century. Comment by: frank