A taxonomy of arse

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> And you know how that's pronounced.

Well, not really. H-Dass? H-Doss? H-Dazz? H-Dozz?

In my mind, I hear H-[das], i.e. like German _das_. But this is
clearly a different-strokes situation. It won't be on the final.

Will it?
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