Chill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.comBanned to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoBritish Moe settles the argument, once and for alllemmynsfw.comimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1144
arrow-up1144imageBritish Moe settles the argument, once and for alllemmynsfw.comChill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.comBanned to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square27linkfedilink
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 year agoCar coffin? But gare-ij actually sound more like mispelled Indian English.
minus-squareChill Dude 69@lemmynsfw.comBannedOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNow that I think about it, I’m surprised that the British term for garage isn’t “motor home.”
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoA motor home is like a camper van, what you’d call an RV
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGare idge is what OP was going for phonetically.
minus-squarealeph@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoBritish accents are non-rhotic, so really it should be “ga-ridge”, not “gare-ridge”.
minus-squareThe Octonaut@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago British accents are non-rhotic Except the ones that aren’t
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSure, but -ji is a commonly used honorific in Hindi and related languages.
Car coffin?
But gare-ij actually sound more like mispelled 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.