Are "cunt" and "twat" less offensive terms in England?

I don’t always swear, but when I do…

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Also I never realized that “twat” was considered a Britishism that rhymes with “hat” until -again from the movies- Emma Stone’s character in Easy A uses it to insult another female.
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How do Americans pronounce it/make it rhyme with ?

Like it rhymes with “aught”.

“tw-aught” US

vs

“tw-hat” UK

I think that’s a softer A sound, if I am not mistaken. IANAL (Linguist, you twats) :smiley:

For me, it rhymes with “what.” It’s “what” with a T stuck on the beginning.

But “what” rhymes with “hat”, right ? (This is starting to sound like Dr. Seuss…)

No, what rhymes with butt.

And I disagree twat rhymes with what. It rhymes with hot.

In my universe, twat, what and hot all rhyme.

Quite possibly. Some people are offended by quite mild swearwords and I was drug up in Sarf-East London where anything goes..