> > >I've laughed my arse off.
> >
> > Didja get it back again? ;-)
> >
> > Is anyone else noticing this? First we have Sam mentioning a
'poor sod' and now we have 'arse'. Just a thought...
>
> I did think that was a very weird spelling coming from an American,
but I suppose even Americans can learn to spell correctly
sometimes :P

The context I've always heard that variant in is when the speaker is
joking, but doesn't want to sound vulgar. It doesn't seem as vulgar
to us as our own American variant, apparently, because it's British,
and anything said with a British accent must either be very refined
and intelligent or evil.

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