What's a brimful of asha on a 45?

@Uncle OK, I have now accepted it's a tribute to Indian film and music culture, but that still doesn't explain why they pronounce an imaginary "r" on the end of "Asha". It's even worse if it's someone's name they are mocking.

@Crazychick There is no mocking or mispronunciation involved. There is no "imaginary" sound but a slight schwa (IPA symbol ə) which is common in end vowels in British and commonwealth flavoured English.

@Uncle I definitely heard a distinct "r" sound after the final "a".

@Crazychick Definitely a ə. Sorry. Many people take Schwas for "r"s because British and Commonwealth accents often replace the "er" ending with a ə sound. For example, a Londoner spells "water" but pronounces "wa'ə" (dropping the t in the process as well.).

That is the sound featured on that recording.

@Uncle We only pronounce the "r" on the end of "water" when it's followed by a word beginning with a vowel. For example, when we say "on the waterfront" we don't pronounce the "r", but we do when we say "water under the bridge". Anyway, that's irrelevant because "water" has an "r" on the end when "Asha" doesn't. The final "a" is still a "schwa" sound but one without an "r" after it. Surely you know what I'm getting at.

Meanwhile, dropping the "t" the way Londoners do is another pair of socks altogether. The correct term for that is a "glottal stop", although I've always called it "squeezing out" the "t".

@Crazychick Yeah. It's a normal standard end-schwa indeed.

@Uncle In other words, there are two types of schwas. One with an "r" on the end (like "water") and one without (like "Asha"). They are not the same because of the "r".