I know you’re supposed to pronounce it along the lines of “blo-hi”, but the Anglicized “blahaj” is so hard to resist!
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?
Distinguishing between /ˈbloːhaj/ and /ˈbloʊhaɪ/ is difficult, at least for this anglophone.
/ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though
As an English speaker that learned some Swedish, å is an A pretending to be an O.
Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort
Everything from ‘blaw-high’ to ‘blah-hadge’ but it tends to trend towards simply, ‘shonk’.
Good shonk.
He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3
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.
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.
im a swede so I know it’s blåhaj but I still say it blah-hach. it’s sillier that way hehehe :3
Bluh-hazh, where “zh” is the final sound in “garage.” In IPA, that’s [bhlə’hɑʒ].
Blah haj.
Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.
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.
Yeah the terminal /j/ is very confusing to me. /ˈbloʊhaɪ/ is the best I can do
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 :)
Wait, what’s the difference between “dzh” and a “hard j”? (Assuming “zh” refers to the final sound in “garage.”) The “hard J” is just a combination of “d” and “zh”.
Well, I’m not sure if there is any difference - sorry, not a native speaker. I mean sound like this: https://pronuncian.com/pronounce-j-sound
there is no difference, a hard j (like in jacket) is the same thing as “dzh”, just “dzh” is more spelled out instead of just being a name for it
Today I learned. Thanks!
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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
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
Blah-hadge, though I’ll also tend to mention blo-hi when I’m teaching someone about our ally.
I know i say it wrong but i pronounce it like blah-hasch. It sounds very funny and cute :3
I pronounce it like blåhaj ”blo-hi”. I’m a bit biased though since I’m from Ikea land myself.
