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Originally Posted by HarryT
It is indeed old, and was used in British English prior to about the late 18th century (Shakespeare uses it a lot, for example). It's a word that fell out of use in British English, but continued in American English. Most British English speakers probably think of it as an "Americanism", but it isn't.
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aha! as suspected. I wonder when the Americans will get the hang of the proper word 'arse' instead of 'ass'.