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"blahaj" is pronounced "blo-hai" rule (mander.xyz)

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Shark is hai in German and haj (pronounced hai) in Swedish. blåhaj means blue shark.

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[-] LordAmplifier@pawb.social 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They don't have one for blåhaj, but Wiktionary has an audio file of someone pronouncing blå (blue) in Swedish. The second half of blåhaj sounds like English "Hi," and the phonemic transcription of the full word is /ˈbloːhaj/. The /bloː/ part is kinda like how someone from Glasgow or someone with a strong German accent might say "blow."