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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

/ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

Good shonk.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Blah haj.

Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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".

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

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

[–] mlsus 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Today I learned. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Bluh-hazh, where "zh" is the final sound in "garage." In IPA, that's [b^h^lə'hɑʒ].

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Bl-arge because it makes me laugh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

/bla/ /hah/ ?

Bla as in blablablabla

haj as in hahaha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago
[–] sweetcuppincakes 2 points 2 years ago

Kinda like bluh-HAI

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I pronounce it as basically blow high

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I think I might be wrong, but I personally say it blah ha. But I don't think this is how its meant to be said lol, like you said blo-hi is the one that I think? maybe is correct

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