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submitted 1 year ago by melmi to c/blahaj

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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[-] Marmie 16 points 1 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?

[-] melmi 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

/ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though

[-] kELAL 2 points 1 year ago

Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

[-] sodiumbromley 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Jenbles 14 points 1 year ago

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

Good shonk.

[-] LetsGoAshe 5 points 1 year ago

He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

[-] rosesandlillies 9 points 1 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 8 points 1 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 7 points 1 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 7 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Triasha 7 points 1 year ago

Blah haj.

Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.

[-] library_patron 5 points 1 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.

[-] melmi 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 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 :)

[-] Kaladin_Stormblessed 3 points 1 year ago

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".

[-] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Today I learned. Thanks!

[-] valpackett 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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

[-] yumi_uwu 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] BlueSharkEnjoyer 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Newwit 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] flamingmongoose 2 points 1 year ago

Bl-arge because it makes me laugh

[-] maikelthedev 2 points 1 year ago

/bla/ /hah/ ?

Bla as in blablablabla

haj as in hahaha

[-] Lunita 2 points 1 year ago

Kinda like bluh-HAI

[-] raresbears 2 points 1 year ago

I pronounce it as basically blow high

[-] wander 1 points 1 year 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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