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"blahaj" is pronounced "blo-hai" rule (mander.xyz)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by BB84@mander.xyz to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Originally from https://old.reddit.com/r/polandball/comments/1gg2ifk/eurosummer/

Shark is hai in German and haj (pronounced hai) in Swedish. blåhaj means blue shark.

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

blow-high

Edit: well, kinda. the sound doesn't exist in English but the closest i can think of is the o-sound in "score". and there's no diphthong, which is why people tend to write "blo-". it's a flat sound, which English sort of doesn't do.