Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language | CONAN on TBS

Team Coco · 9.6M views · 2018 · 6:03

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Mostly posted as a joke or amusing aside in threads about English, language learning, and swearing.

What it is

Finnish comedian Ismo does a stand-up routine on Conan about the many meanings of the English word 'ass'. He riffs on the confusing quirks of English as a second language.

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Cites michael_j_ward · 2019-10 · on “Is “Ass” the Most Complicated Word in English?”

The article contains clips of the "Ass" version. For those that want a link to the whole thing: [this video]