A taxonomy of arse

[Mark Mandel]

[ˈhdɑs], I assume.

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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