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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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[–] Marmie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 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?

[–] kELAL@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

[–] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 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

[–] Jenbles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

Good shonk.

[–] LetsGoAshe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

[–] Lunita@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

/bla/ /hah/ ?

Bla as in blablablabla

haj as in hahaha

Bl-arge because it makes me laugh

[–] valpackett@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 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

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.

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.

[–] wander@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 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

[–] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year 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 :)

[–] Kaladin_Stormblessed@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year 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".

[–] yozhfyfyfy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year 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@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year 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

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

Today I learned. Thanks!

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

[–] raresbears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago

I pronounce it as basically blow high