I know you’re supposed to pronounce it along the lines of “blo-hi”, but the Anglicized “blahaj” is so hard to resist!

  • @Marmie
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    161 year ago

    Well, I’m from Sweden so… blåhaj lol

    The “å” is pronounced like the “a” in “war”, if someone from Britain was saying it. Haj is kinda like “hi”, I guess?

    • MelmiOP
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      Distinguishing between /ˈbloːhaj/ and /ˈbloʊhaɪ/ is difficult, at least for this anglophone.

      /ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though

    • @sodiumbromley
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      21 year ago

      As an English speaker that learned some Swedish, å is an A pretending to be an O.

    • @kELAL
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      21 year ago

      Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

  • Jenbles
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    141 year ago

    Everything from ‘blaw-high’ to ‘blah-hadge’ but it tends to trend towards simply, ‘shonk’.

    Good shonk.

    • LetsGoAshe
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      51 year ago

      He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

  • @rosesandlillies
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    91 year ago

    Funny story I didn’t know it was supposed to be pronounced as blohai, until one time I was hooking up with another trans woman from tinder and she got excited when she saw my blahaj and kept pronouncing in the worst way possible (correctly but I didn’t know). I chose to not “correct” her but I was like wow weird

    It bugged me so much that I googled it next morning and realized I’m the silly one

    Also, the blahaj is called steve in my household and it’s the only way one shall refer to steve.

  • @transgwender
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    81 year ago

    Yeah I can’t help but say it in the Anglicized “bla-ha-j”, but I always say it in a bit of a goofy way like, a bit of a sing-songy way. Like, musically F-[bla], D-[haj]. Its just too fun saying it like that.

  • @simdlauper
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    71 year ago

    im a swede so I know it’s blåhaj but I still say it blah-hach. it’s sillier that way hehehe :3

  • @Kaladin_Stormblessed
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    71 year ago

    Bluh-hazh, where “zh” is the final sound in “garage.” In IPA, that’s [bhlə’hɑʒ].

  • Triasha-she/her
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    71 year ago

    Blah haj.

    Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.

  • @library_patron
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    51 year ago

    I try my best to say [ˈbloːhaj] like in Swedish (should sound kinda like “BLO-hayeh” with the “eh” clipped off), but the terminal [j] is really hard to get right since I don’t speak any languages that end words with a “y” sound. I usually end up saying [ˈbloʊhɑː] (BLO-ha) instead, getting both syllables wrong :(.

    [ˈbloʊhaɪ] (BLO-hai) is what I hear most other people say.

    • MelmiOP
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      21 year ago

      Yeah the terminal /j/ is very confusing to me. /ˈbloʊhaɪ/ is the best I can do

  • @yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world
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    51 year ago

    For some reason I pronounce it “bla-hadzh” sometimes. I know this is wrong, but anyway. Shonk seems to be enjoying a bit of chaos :)

  • @valpackett
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    1 year ago

    I do pronounce the “j” as a “y” sound but my “å” is def not correct, it ends up as way too “a” and not “o” enough xD

  • @wh0_cares
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    1 year ago

    I pronounce it Blo-hai, but ya, Bla Ha is super fun as well.

    …I do also just call him Shaaaaaaaaark way too often, very fun, I do recommend

  • @BlueSharkEnjoyer
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    31 year ago

    Blah-hadge, though I’ll also tend to mention blo-hi when I’m teaching someone about our ally.

  • Yumi
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    31 year ago

    I know i say it wrong but i pronounce it like blah-hasch. It sounds very funny and cute :3

  • @Newwit
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    31 year ago

    I pronounce it like blåhaj ”blo-hi”. I’m a bit biased though since I’m from Ikea land myself.