...just like me after i found out how they're actually supposed to be pronounced! :DDD
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Tomboymoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.8yr
This is a gif situation and I will be responding accordingly
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Huldra [they/them, it/its] - 1.8yr
Closer to a "British bakeoff people calling it a tack-o" situation.
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Pili [any, any] - 1.8yr
Ah crap, blah-hajj sounds so much funnier though
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RaisedFistJoker [she/her] - 1.8yr
its fine sweden doesnt deserve respect
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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 1.8yr
only of my hajjs is blue and she's called Sini thank you very much. I will be calling my beautiful shark babies with their given names
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Amerikan Pharaoh - 1.8yr
Honestly, after the consumer-queer instance co-opted it, I really can't be fucked to care how one is supposed to pronounce it
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Aria 🏳️⚧️🇧🇩 [she] - 1.8yr
"consumer-queer"??? wdym??? /genq
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Amerikan Pharaoh - 1.8yr
Blahaj.zone or what the hell ever they called themselves-- I think they de-fedded a long time ago, but the biggest things I remember about them are arguing for cops at pride and arguing that corporate pinkwashing is a good thing because 'at least we're getting visibility' like every single corpo to put up a rainbow logo isn't just farming them for harder revenue.
I'd much rather spend my time and camaraderie with those who remember the purpose and perpetrators of Stonewall, tyvm
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FunkyStuff [he/him] - 1.8yr
Not to mention praising Raytheon for being a queer friendly company.
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Amerikan Pharaoh - 1.8yr
Oh jesus fuck I had forgotten about that bullshit, ty for the reminder.
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alexandra_kollontai [she/her] - 1.8yr
de-fedded? lots of feds there actually
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Łumało [he/him] - 1.8yr
You say Blåhaj wrong (the anglo way) to a Polish person and this what they hear:
I wonder how confused Swedes were when they saw the name "Mötley Crüe"
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Huldra [they/them, it/its] - 1.8yr
Sadly they get overlooked because Motörhead is significantly more hysterical to say out loud with the ö.
Actually by pure coincidence, Mötley, is significantly more natural to say in Swedish than Motley, so I think we all just assume it's a fantasy name for some kind of dragon, crue already is phonetic so that sorts itself out.
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BelieveRevolt [he/him] - 1.8yr
Swedish doesn't use ü.
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Aria 🏳️⚧️🇧🇩 [she] - 1.8yr
motley crew?
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robot_dog_with_gun [they/them] - 1.8yr
there are reports of euro crowds chanting the diacritics
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CDommunist [she/her, love/loves] - 1.8yr
Swedish isn't a real language
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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 1.8yr
Sweden is made up so I'm gonna keep saying it the fun way
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Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, it/its] - 1.8yr
I figured the j is y
(Eg. From Yohannes to John)
So I say Bla-hai
But I never knew it was pronounced more like 'blow-high' due to a with o pronounced like an 'o'
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Aria 🏳️⚧️🇧🇩 [she] - 1.8yr
used to talk with a trans girl from southeast asia. that's how she pronounced it on VC.
but it seems like that was the correct pronounciation (or at least, close enough), from the responses i'm getting on this thread from people with knowledge over swedish language
due to a with o pronounced like an ‘o’
why even have å then
unless the actual "o" is pronounced differently too in swedish
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Huldra [they/them, it/its] - 1.8yr
Oh it's all different, wait until you hear about how a k can both be a normal k or a soft "tj" sound.
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Xavienth - 1.8yr
This makes no sense to non Swedish speakers because in English tj never makes a sh sound.
So yes, k can be hard (k) or soft (sh)
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Huldra [they/them, it/its] - 1.8yr
Oh yeah thats good to point out lol.
It's actually one of the things that's never quite left my accent, I chronically pronounce words starting with ch- using the sh-/tj- sound instead.
Which is unfortunate given the increased frequency of the word "chat" in recent years.
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Edie [it/its, she/her] - 1.8yr
Shat is this real?
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RNAi [he/him] - 1.8yr
Ah right shark is "Hai" in german
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BelieveRevolt [he/him] - 1.8yr
Blah-hajj would be correct if it was blahaj (I think that could be translated as blah shark), but it's blåhaj (blue shark).
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Aria 🏳️⚧️🇧🇩 [she] - 1.8yr
...now i wonder what a "blah shark" would be like :ooo
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Jourei @lemm.ee - 1.8yr
Blah-hajj sounds like it could be more accurate though. As long as you don't pronounce it like blahhash or something. J as in Jerma.
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Huldra [they/them, it/its] - 1.8yr
Blow and high are useful examples cause they sneak in the rhythm and timing better than trying to like write out that you have to take it a little slower with the words.
With blah and hajj people really rush both words as well as the rhythm between them and that kind of makes it sound worse than if you get the delivery right but just have weird pronounciation of the words themselves.
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nothx [he/him] - 1.8yr
Nope, not acknowledging it.
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Aria 🏳️⚧️🇧🇩 [she] - 1.8yr
aww ;v;
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crosswind [she/her, they/them] - 1.8yr
It's a magma/lava type thing. Once the trans person walks out of the ikea store with it, it's pronounced blah-hajj
Alunyanners in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns
...so apparently the sharks are pronounced like "Blow-High". I've always pronounced them like "Blah-Hajj", from how they are spelled lmao
https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/659dc182-a046-40ba-ad2b-96d73b8052a7.gif"Hey, how was Mecca?" "Meh the hajj was kinda blah this year. It was a blah hajj."
https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/5d753707-647a-445c-b42c-df606d333fd0.png
Blå = blue
Haj = shark
It would be more like bloh high- elongate the O sound and drop the w
I had mandatory Swedish lessons in school and I have to get use out of them somehow
Rail = rail
Imma be real with u chief, I will still be saying blah-hajj
Bit idea: cis guy who doesn't speak Swedish telling off trans girl for pronouncing blahaj wrong.
^isn't^ ^that^ ^what's^ ^happening^ ^to^ ^me^ ^in^ ^this^ ^thread^Legit saw someone doing this in 196
...just like me after i found out how they're actually supposed to be pronounced! :DDD
This is a gif situation and I will be responding accordingly
Closer to a "British bakeoff people calling it a tack-o" situation.
Ah crap, blah-hajj sounds so much funnier though
its fine sweden doesnt deserve respect
only of my hajjs is blue and she's called Sini thank you very much. I will be calling my beautiful shark babies with their given names
Honestly, after the consumer-queer instance co-opted it, I really can't be fucked to care how one is supposed to pronounce it
"consumer-queer"??? wdym??? /genq
Blahaj.zone or what the hell ever they called themselves-- I think they de-fedded a long time ago, but the biggest things I remember about them are arguing for cops at pride and arguing that corporate pinkwashing is a good thing because 'at least we're getting visibility' like every single corpo to put up a rainbow logo isn't just farming them for harder revenue.
I'd much rather spend my time and camaraderie with those who remember the purpose and perpetrators of Stonewall, tyvm
Not to mention praising Raytheon for being a queer friendly company.
Oh jesus fuck I had forgotten about that bullshit, ty for the reminder.
de-fedded? lots of feds there actually
You say Blåhaj wrong (the anglo way) to a Polish person and this what they hear:
https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/8eb4b48c-d522-47ed-93e2-67c971c733c8.jpeg
"Blacharz"
Blacharge :DDD
I wonder how confused Swedes were when they saw the name "Mötley Crüe"
Sadly they get overlooked because Motörhead is significantly more hysterical to say out loud with the ö.
Actually by pure coincidence, Mötley, is significantly more natural to say in Swedish than Motley, so I think we all just assume it's a fantasy name for some kind of dragon, crue already is phonetic so that sorts itself out.
motley crew?there are reports of euro crowds chanting the diacritics
Swedish isn't a real language
Sweden is made up so I'm gonna keep saying it the fun way
I figured the j is y
(Eg. From Yohannes to John)
So I say Bla-hai
But I never knew it was pronounced more like 'blow-high' due to a with o pronounced like an 'o'
used to talk with a trans girl from southeast asia. that's how she pronounced it on VC.
but it seems like that was the correct pronounciation (or at least, close enough), from the responses i'm getting on this thread from people with knowledge over swedish language
why even have å thenunless the actual "o" is pronounced differently too in swedishOh it's all different, wait until you hear about how a k can both be a normal k or a soft "tj" sound.
This makes no sense to non Swedish speakers because in English tj never makes a sh sound. So yes, k can be hard (k) or soft (sh)
Oh yeah thats good to point out lol.
It's actually one of the things that's never quite left my accent, I chronically pronounce words starting with ch- using the sh-/tj- sound instead.
Which is unfortunate given the increased frequency of the word "chat" in recent years.
Shat is this real?
Ah right shark is "Hai" in german
Blah-hajj would be correct if it was blahaj (I think that could be translated as blah shark), but it's blåhaj (blue shark).
...now i wonder what a "blah shark" would be like :ooo
Blah-hajj sounds like it could be more accurate though. As long as you don't pronounce it like blahhash or something. J as in Jerma.
Blow and high are useful examples cause they sneak in the rhythm and timing better than trying to like write out that you have to take it a little slower with the words.
With blah and hajj people really rush both words as well as the rhythm between them and that kind of makes it sound worse than if you get the delivery right but just have weird pronounciation of the words themselves.
Nope, not acknowledging it.
aww ;v;
It's a magma/lava type thing. Once the trans person walks out of the ikea store with it, it's pronounced blah-hajj
It's pronounced "shonk".
That's why I made this easy guide:
"When they blow low, we blåhaj!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpFnEoen1aU
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I combine the two and pronounce it "Blah-high"