Chill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.com to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoBritish Moe settles the argument, once and for alllemmynsfw.comimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageBritish Moe settles the argument, once and for alllemmynsfw.comChill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.com to memes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoCar coffin? But gare-ji actually sound more like Indian English.
minus-squareChill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoNow that I think about it, I’m surprised that the British term for garage isn’t “motor home.”
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoA motor home is like a camper van, what you’d call an RV
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoGare idge is what OP was going for phonetically.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoBritish accents are non-rhotic, so really it should be “ga-ridge”, not “gare-ridge”.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months ago British accents are non-rhotic Except the ones that aren’t
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoTrue, albeit a very small minority.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoSure, but -ji is a commonly used honorific in Hindi and related languages.
Car coffin?
But gare-ji actually sound more like Indian English.
Now that I think about it, I’m surprised that the British term for garage isn’t “motor home.”
A motor home is like a camper van, what you’d call an RV
Gare idge is what OP was going for phonetically.
British accents are non-rhotic, so really it should be “ga-ridge”, not “gare-ridge”.
Except the ones that aren’t
True, albeit a very small minority.
Sure, but -ji is a commonly used honorific in Hindi and related languages.