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submitted 7 months ago by ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Car coffin?

But gare-ij actually sound more like mispelled Indian English.

[–] ChillDude69@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Now that I think about it, I'm surprised that the British term for garage isn't "motor home."

[–] PatMustard 4 points 7 months ago

A motor home is like a camper van, what you'd call an RV

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Gare idge is what OP was going for phonetically.

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

British accents are non-rhotic, so really it should be "ga-ridge", not "gare-ridge".

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

British accents are non-rhotic

Except the ones that aren't

[–] aleph@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

True, albeit a very small minority.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 months ago

Sure, but -ji is a commonly used honorific in Hindi and related languages.