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

  • Marmie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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?

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

    Good shonk.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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 :)

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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@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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