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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] 8 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 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] 3 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

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

Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Blah haj.

Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 3 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

[–] [email protected] 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

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

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

Good shonk.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

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

I pronounce it as basically blow high

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

Bl-arge because it makes me laugh

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

/bla/ /hah/ ?

Bla as in blablablabla

haj as in hahaha

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

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

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

Kinda like bluh-HAI

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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