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.
Yeah I can't help but say it in the Anglicized "bla-ha-j", but I always say it in a bit of a goofy way like, a bit of a sing-songy way. Like, musically F-[bla], D-[haj]. Its just too fun saying it like that.
I try my best to say [ˈbloːhaj] like in Swedish (should sound kinda like "BLO-hayeh" with the "eh" clipped off), but the terminal [j] is really hard to get right since I don't speak any languages that end words with a "y" sound. I usually end up saying [ˈbloʊhɑː] (BLO-ha) instead, getting both syllables wrong :(.
[ˈbloʊhaɪ] (BLO-hai) is what I hear most other people say.
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".
I think I might be wrong, but I personally say it blah ha. But I don't think this is how its meant to be said lol, like you said blo-hi is the one that I think? maybe is correct