How do y'all pronounce Blåhaj?

3 years 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!

rosesandlillies 8 points 3 years 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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Marmie 6 points 3 years 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?

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melmi 3 points 3 years ago

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

/ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though

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kELAL 2 points 3 years ago

Blå balbil med blåhaj for förbi fyr och får för fort

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Kaladin_Stormblessed 6 points 3 years ago

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

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yozhfyfyfy 5 points 3 years ago

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Kaladin_Stormblessed 3 points 3 years 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".

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yozhfyfyfy 2 points 3 years ago

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mlsus 2 points 3 years 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

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yozhfyfyfy 2 points 3 years ago

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Triasha 4 points 3 years ago

Blah haj.

Thank you for reminding me about Blo hi.

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CommunistLady 4 points 3 years ago

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valpackett 4 points 3 years 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

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simdlauper 3 points 3 years ago

im a swede so I know it's blåhaj but I still say it blah-hach. it's sillier that way hehehe :3

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wh0_cares 3 points 3 years 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

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Jenbles 3 points 3 years ago

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

Good shonk.

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LetsGoAshe 1 point 3 years ago

He has so many different pronunciations for sure! :3

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maikelthedev 2 points 3 years ago

/bla/ /hah/ ?

Bla as in blablablabla

haj as in hahaha

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flamingmongoose 2 points 3 years ago

Bl-arge because it makes me laugh

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Lunita 2 points 3 years ago

Blue hi

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BlueSharkEnjoyer 2 points 3 years ago

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

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raresbears 2 points 3 years ago

I pronounce it as basically blow high

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sweetcuppincakes 1 point 3 years ago

Kinda like bluh-HAI

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wander 1 point 3 years 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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Newwit 1 point 3 years ago

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

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