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[–] 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.