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
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.
Conjunction: ġif
Descendants: Middle English: if, yif, yef
Therefore, “gif” is pronounced with a Y
Edit: Yes, this was a very long way to go for a furry joke
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.
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
But consider: Swedish is a fictional language made up by a furniture store to sell sawdust and horse meat rolled into funny little balls
Close. Swedish is a failed attempt at Danish, as is Norwegian.
don’t Norwegians English now?
This is ludicrous, horse meat costs more than beef.
As a Swede I can tell you it’s pronounced “blåhaj”; no biggie ;)
(Also the latter video is correct)
While we’re at it: the correct pronunciation is obviously “gif”. You’re very welcome!
Finally, my degree in old English dialects is useful!
It’s extraordinarily lucky for you then that “gif” entered the English language on or around the PM period during ca. June 15, 1987.
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Etymology: From Proto-Germanic jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.
Conjunction: ġif
Descendants: Middle English: if, yif, yef
Therefore, “gif” is pronounced with a Y
Edit: Yes, this was a very long way to go for a furry joke
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.