zeg
Well-Known Member
I've heard before from British people that "arse" really was the original term, and for whatever reason, the Americans bastardized it to "ass".
Possibly true. Trying to figure out etymologies for vulgar terms can be pretty tricky business, though.
Getting hung up on regional variations in language, especially when talking about slang terms, is rather pointless. Claiming that your own version is the correct one is rather than amusing.
In this thread, though, it's fine with me. You don't have to have a solid logical basis for being annoyed by something, and we're all just ranting, right?