"R" is for the –
Language
Act 2,
Scene 4
Lines 180-182
Nurse
Romeo
Nurse
Being illiterate, the nurse only knows the sounds of words, not their spelling. To her, the words "Romeo" and "rosemary" don’t sound like they start with an "R." She associates that sound with dogs (arr being the sound of a growl). She starts to say that "R" is also for the "arse," but stops herself.