Is it Ari or Arti?

[Yeoman Rand]

Hello everyone.  This is my first post, even though I’ve been watching Home and Away for years (on 5 Star).  Anyway a friend and I talk about it a lot and are wondering why some weeks the characters say Ari and others Arti? Does anyone know?  Ari/Arti has called himself Ari when leaving notes for his family and I heard him recently on the phone saying “it’s Arti”.

[Little bean]

Welcome!

I don’t think anyone has ever called him Arti. I think his name is pronounced with a rolled “r” in his native Kiwi tongue. Some characters just say it straight without the roll and others use it. I think the rolled version may be what sounds like  a “t” to you. 

[homeandawayroxsomuch.]

Ari, short for Ariki according to the caption in this photo that Rob Kipa-Williams posted when Ari first appeared

 

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[Yeoman Rand]

Thank you to both Little Bean (that makes so much sense ) and homeandawayroxsomuch.  I’ll read the article.