this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024
128 points (90.0% liked)

memes

10702 readers
2782 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/AdsNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live.

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
all 23 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

lol when my kid was like three or four he’d watch some British cartoon called “gecko’s garage “ or something, and they’d pronounce it “garridge.” So my kid started saying it that way.

One day I’m driving him somewhere and he asks me “daddy, why didn’t you park the car in the garridge?”

“It’s a garage.”

“Garridge!”

“No. Say ga-raage.”

“Garridge!”

“GARAGE! We’re not British!”

“No! Garridge…”.

“Ugh! Whatever!”

“We’re having a quarrel! :-D “

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Cromulent response.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

Well, as long as you didn't get cross about it. :P

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Plain, simple Garridge.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Car coffin?

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Gare idge is what OP was going for phonetically.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

British accents are non-rhotic

Except the ones that aren't

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

True, albeit a very small minority.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not objectively the same thing, tho. Potential intruders can peer into a carport, without even committing trespassing. If they want to see into your car-hole, they have to already commit themselves to breaking the law, before they even consider stealing your whip.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's actually gay-raj.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Languidge or Languahge? Petition for consistency!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Lang Wedge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The locomotion mechanism stables

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Also: "Roller Holder"