Hahaha Love it! I was on the phone for 2 hour about my mobile this evening and if I had known that such entertainment was available to me while on the call I would have brought out the 'arse' or some escalation.
Now I thought that the term "arse" was strictly a Newfoundland thing. But I guess every country/region has its own arse. "Stunned as me arse," is a clearly defined state of cognition in Newfoundland. Used in doctor's offices and courtrooms across the land. "BuckyDurddle, sure he's as stunned as me arse, b'y." A perfectly acceptable part of the Newfoundland vernacular. I take no offence. Skipper on the cat-line can go "kiss me arse."
No, "arse" is used everywhere. Well, everywhere important like New Zealand, Newfoundland and Scotland anyway. It's only the US who for some odd reason like to use "ass". Personally I think "arse" is a fine sounding, under utilised and descriptive word, and I like to use it as much as possible. Swearing? What pish!
Agreed. Could there be a common thread of under-utilized vernacular in New Zealand, Newfoundland and Scotland? Higher level of cognition is my guess. Don't tell that other crowd or else they'll be stealing our witty quips and putting them in McDonalds commercials. I don't know about you @kiwideb but I'm keeping my arse under wraps.
It's been too cold in NZ to keep my arse anywhere other than under wraps. Though we did have some sun today. Considering we only had two sunny days in the whole of last summer, I'm cautiously optimistic that this year might be better.
Another word that's appreciated more in NZ than other places is "bugger". This ad from Toyota could probably not be played anywhere else.
Excellent, I thought that arse was a primarily Scottish or British thing and qs unrecognisable anywhere else. Thats fab to know it is a far reaching word.
It is the same here though, it is very tame, you can fall on your arse and all manner of nice decriptive things that need that little punch.
YOu will have to remember the arse in future for your next epic call, not that you want one!