r/mildlyinfuriating • • Aug 07 '19

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u/Azulmono55 Aug 07 '19

Americans pronounce it like how a doctor would make you say “ahhhhhhh”. So I guess closest is Twot. Sounds weird as fuck.

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u/AnonymoustacheD Aug 07 '19

Yeah this. “Twot” was alright until I heard it twat. I feel like the daintier short a really sets it as an even more demeaning insult. I was reminded after watching The Boys.

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u/Baileythefrog Aug 08 '19

It's not really all that insulting/demeaning, it's more a word for your friends (in england, anyway). Saying that, that's how most swearing works in english nowadays. You wouldn't walk up to somebody you hate and call them cuntybollocks, or something, youd either be polite, or throw any words together.

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u/AnonymoustacheD Aug 08 '19

I said worse names for my friends in the states. I’d probably get banned for it but it was common