# Pronunciation of "twat"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 26, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195 "2012-11-26T20:23:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195/61 "2012-12-03T21:12:11Z")

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Rhymes with hot. Probably heard the UK pronunciation and didn’t realize it was supposed to be the same word. However, it seems the meanings are different. To my generation, it was a slang word for vagina. It sounds like in the UK it’s a bit of an asshole/jerk.

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195/62 "2012-12-04T08:17:40Z")

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> [@amanset](#):
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> I can see why there is confusion. The problem is, I repeated exactly what I meant as clarification four times.
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> Yet you still go on about how I think those in the south east rhyme the two words.
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> You, however, seem to be intent on ignoring every single time I clarify my position. And I am bored enough at work to respond.
> 
> However now I am off home.

You did say that the two words rhyme. You’re forgetting what you posted. This is how our little disagreement started:

> [@bobot](#):
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> (While we’re at it, does Cunt now rhyme with Can’t?)

> [@SciFiSam](#):
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> \*(Quotes bobot) \*
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> It doesn’t in any British English dialect I know of.

> [@amanset](#):
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> \*(Quotes me) \*
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> London/Essex/Anywhere-else-down-there.

That is you saying that the two words rhyme in those areas.

You then say that “whether they rhyme depends on your own accent” and keep on angrily saying that _to you_ they sound the same, and I say that’s fine, but that doesn’t mean they actually do sound the same. You again say that still, to you they sound the same. I agree again that you are hearing them that way, but that’s not the way they’re actually said; and for some reason you go back to repeating your own misunderstanding.

It’s really odd.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195/63 "2012-12-05T21:43:27Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> Get a brain!

Don’t insult people.

**SciFiSam** and **amanset** , give it a rest.

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**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-twat/642195/64 "2012-12-06T09:09:23Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> Don’t insult people.
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> **SciFiSam** and **amanset** , give it a rest.

Given that neither of us had posted for two days, I think we were. And neither of us was rude to the other.

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