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Wait till you find out how it’s pronounced. It’s /ˈbloːhaj/. Here’s an audio recording (still not 100% correct because you’d need to pronounce “blow” with a Glasgow accent, but this video is way funnier than the serious ones). I still call mine /blɑ.'hɑːd͡ʒ/, or just /hɑːd͡ʒ/ :3

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But consider: Swedish is a fictional language made up by a furniture store to sell sawdust and horse meat rolled into funny little balls

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15 points

Close. Swedish is a failed attempt at Danish, as is Norwegian.

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don’t Norwegians English now?

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This is ludicrous, horse meat costs more than beef.

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As a Swede I can tell you it’s pronounced “blåhaj”; no biggie ;)

(Also the latter video is correct)

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While we’re at it: the correct pronunciation is obviously “gif”. You’re very welcome!

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Finally, my degree in old English dialects is useful!

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Like being high on the blow, or a snow, or a coke. I get it it (:

But yeah, blah-hadge adds some alien tones to that. Not really nordic, but middle-eastern ones with that last vowel, like in hijab, jihad, tajik and other words.

ed: How could I forget Taj Mahal, lol. In my pronounciation it was 100% rhyming with Taj.

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It’s just “blow high” for you American accents

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Your pronunciation is even weirder to us than ours is to you

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