My old phone's autocorrect function in text insisted on calling it Walnart.
Change "ass" to "buttocks" when referring to a person being an ass. It was also deemed "potentially harmful speech" or something like that.
It’s always puzzled me why donkeys and arses are conflated in American English.
Maybe it's German?
...ah, memories of the Buttbuttination Incident.
I've always figure that when you call someone an "ass" in the US, you're calling them a donkey. If you mean to call them an asshole, then call them an asshole. I suppose it could go either way.
Google says:
A-ss is the non-rhotic pronunciation of Arse. Some are (ahh) and some aren't (ahn't).Google says:
Ass came first as the animal is actually the African Wild Ass.(yeah, let your imagination run wild with that.)
The word "donkey" likely originated as a slang or dialectal term in the late 18th century, possibly from a diminutive of "dun," meaning a dull gray-brown color, which is a common color for donkeys. Another theory suggests it was influenced by the word "monkey," which also ends in "-key". The older and more formal term for a donkey was "ass," but "donkey" became more common, possibly due to the word "ass" also being used as a vulgar term.
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I've also seen Ass defined as 'An aggressively stupid person.'
I think this is one of the most appropriately descriptive definitions I have ever seen. That person is not only stupid, they work at it, and hard.
What I don't understand is why you brits insist on diluting the power of the word by changing the spelling. I mean, you know American English is the correct way to say and spell thing, right?
As opposed to the Received Pronunciation (RP) accent was promoted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as the prestigious standard of the upper classes and the British elite, making it a social marker of wealth and status rather than a naturally occurring phenomenon...
Butt... some people are more than just an asshole.
They're the whole ass?
It's more like - "ass" is the original name for the species Equus asinus. "Donkey" is a neologism. When you call someone a donkey, you're calling them an ass - the animal, not the body part.
@ShelbyDawn57,Google says:
Ass came first as the animal is actually the African Wild Ass.(yeah, let your imagination run wild with that.)
The word "donkey" likely originated as a slang or dialectal term in the late 18th century, possibly from a diminutive of "dun," meaning a dull gray-brown color, which is a common color for donkeys. Another theory suggests it was influenced by the word "monkey," which also ends in "-key". The older and more formal term for a donkey was "ass," but "donkey" became more common, possibly due to the word "ass" also being used as a vulgar term.
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I've also seen Ass defined as 'An aggressively stupid person.'
I think this is one of the most appropriately descriptive definitions I have ever seen. That person is not only stupid, they work at it, and hard.
What I don't understand is why you brits insist on diluting the power of the word by changing the spelling. I mean, you know American English is the correct way to say and spell thing, right?
Janitor is actually Latin, from the root "Janus" meaning arch or gate. A janitor is the person who guards an arch or gateway.
Yes, but my point was the the consensus among most linguists is that the word came into American English via Scots, not via English. There's very little record of the word being used by English writers from England ("porter", also from Latin of course, being preferred and still used in Oxbridge colleges, hospitals and kitchens).
Everyone likes a little ass but nobody likes a smart ass. Here's a little ass for everyone to enjoyGoogle says:
Ass came first as the animal is actually the African Wild Ass.(yeah, let your imagination run wild with that.)
The word "donkey" likely originated as a slang or dialectal term in the late 18th century, possibly from a diminutive of "dun," meaning a dull gray-brown color, which is a common color for donkeys. Another theory suggests it was influenced by the word "monkey," which also ends in "-key". The older and more formal term for a donkey was "ass," but "donkey" became more common, possibly due to the word "ass" also being used as a vulgar term.
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I've also seen Ass defined as 'An aggressively stupid person.'
I think this is one of the most appropriately descriptive definitions I have ever seen. That person is not only stupid, they work at it, and hard.
What I don't understand is why you brits insist on diluting the power of the word by changing the spelling. I mean, you know American English is the correct way to say and spell thing, right?
*adds an entry to the Big Book of Fetishes*
Don't forget to add a sub-entry for "grandfather clock".
A time honored tradition.
something something enormous dong
