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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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[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But I like mispronouncing it

[–] eighty@lemmy.one 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Me too, always makes me keen for baja tacos and I subconsciously make a positive association with the instance/word.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Real, there's something fun about saying "blaaahj"