Aphro if you think that nobody knows that Arse is the correct Britidh spelling, you'd be a fool. Everyone knows, but if 'deadass' is to be a word, it is going to be post-the language loosening and adoption of the new spelling. Nobody has time for your "THIS IS THE PROPER WAY". Everybody knows, nobody cares, and it just makes you look pretentious.
I agree in saying arse if you wanna call someone names or add specific emphasis on the r'iness. You are such an arse!
but if you're saying asshat or deadass or any other cultural colloquialism: use the new spelling, don't try to disrespect the language revolution and call it incorrect when your grasp of language is so base that you place aspects of language in solid yes/no categories and refuse to change, but only in aspects that you pay attention to. Your other uses of English are lax and taken into a time period far beyond that which accepted the alternative spelling "ass".
You're not breaking the banks or making a statement. You just look like a fool who thinks they know something nobody else does, or who has a better attitude towards/ respect for language, when in reality you just show conservatism and resistance to a part of a newer culture which you embrace in other ways anyway.
Aphrodite said:
Me watching this derail and not doing a thing about it
When have you ever not derailed a thread and actually put it back on track?
Da is dumb. It get it if you're a kool kid, but if you're using it as an adult, reconsider stuff. The is such a central word to the English language, one of the most used words there is. I think it ridiculous to try and change it, and I think that disrespecting a culture for dumbing a 3-letter word like that down is a joke. May as well call teh and hte a valid spelling under meme culture. Got the same audience and credibility imho.
"Deadarse" isn't a phrase or saying in British culture, and if it becomes it, it'll be cultural misappropriation and a sign of disrespect. But Aphro will still keep on using it because she's either just dumb or racist and thinks that American (specifically African-American) culture is stupid or somehow a perversion of her, more pure, literary culture.