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by Roonerelli 2453 days ago
Micky Flannigan, a uk comedian, does a great routine about when he lived in America and people confused his cockney pronunciation of "house" with the American pronunciation of "Ass".

So at the end of a date he's on the doorstep with a girl and they are saying goodbye:

He says: I'd like to come in your house

She looks shocked. So he says: I won't try to kiss you, I just want to come in your house

2 comments

thanks - I didnt want to search for that from my work PC :)
The faux-pas is not entirely restricted to cockney pronunciation; here is an example of another UK comedian, Michael McIntyre taking the piss out of TV chef Gino D'ACampo's (Italian) mockney version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJnO8rzXP0