#BLÅHAJ

[pubbiboii]

I’m proud of all the notes lol <3

[ur-gay-shark-dad]

join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us join us

[eightglass]

Why settle for gender euphoria when you could have gender euphonium???

[theyshapedlikefriends]

Wait... HOW??? 😰

[foxgirlgenerator]

[dinchenix]

BLÅHAJ MY BELOVED💙

[four-ravens-in-a-trenchcoat]

As we are approaching that time of the year, this is your friendly reminder/PSA from a Swedish person that the ä in Gävlebocken actually matters and that you should spell accordingly (or don't, I'm not the boss of you, but know you are Wrong)

Å, Ä and Ö are considered separate letters from A and O in Swedish. It would be like me substituting every E with an O when I spell English words, not like removing an accent from a French word. They have their own place in the alphabet!

Ä and A have different vowel qualities which affect sounds around them. Ä is "soft" and A is "hard", which means that Ä changes the pronounciation of certain sounds before it. Like G for example

Gä is pronounced similar to 'yeah' while ga is pronounced with hard/regular g and a long a like in 'garden'. Thus, Gävle and Gavle reads very differently

Same goes for Ö/O, but Å is also hard

It annoys me so much to see it and I can't be alone in this

Pro tip: The same principle applies to other Swedish words, like tumblr's beloved BLÅHAJ. Blahaj is a word with stress on the second syllable and not the first, and also happens to mean 'bullshit/nonsense'. So if you want to talk about your plushie blueshark and not a nonsense thing someone just said, I suggest spelling with an Å.

Don't feel bad if you didn't know this, most people don't. And a lot of other languages do treat letters with diacritics like special versions of the letter (we do it with e and é). I'm telling you this to clear up misconceptions

It's also resulted in the fun phenomenon of so-called "rock dots" wherein bands will put dots on letters in their name because it looks cool, which makes them sound really stupid when pronounced in Swedish. Think Motörhead and Blue öyster cult

[entity9silvergen]

Just watched a bunch of freshmen move into the dorms and so many of them had the fucking ikea sharks

[flowers-but-gay]

it’s ok blåhaj, mommy and mommy are just wrestling right now

[transnest]

[dumbgaycatthing]

[track-maniac]

2025 is the year i start being the most stereotypical compsci transfem possible

[lee-luca]

X-Men: Sharks

Fassbender's Magneto has been described as having a shark-like smile. I have decided that a Blahaj would complete the look.

[i-am-a-fish]

almost done packing!! I got the essentials, my three blåhaj of varrying sizes

[cryotrash]

This is where I post from

[dinchenix]

blåhaj my beloved 💙

^^this is a wip and me toying around with some shork sticker ideas 🤔 (but also if you have a fave blåhaj meme, please share!)