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

  • @[email protected]
    8•2 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.

  • @[email protected]
    6•2 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?

    • MelmiOP
      3•2 years ago

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

      /ˈblɑːhɑːʒ/ is the meme name though

    • @[email protected]
      3•2 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”.

        • @[email protected]
          2•2 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

  • @[email protected]English
    4•2 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

  • @[email protected]
    3•2 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

  • @[email protected]
    3•2 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

  • Jenbles
    3•2 years ago

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

    Good shonk.

  • @[email protected]
    2•2 years ago

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