hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 7 hours agoBlåhaj rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1213arrow-down114
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minus-squareSpiderShoeCultlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·5 hours agoTechnically you should write it blaahaj instead (if writing Norwegian or Danish, that is). Before the adoption of the Swedish å, aa used to be used in Norway and Denmark for the same sound.
minus-squarehungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoSo that’s why it looks similar to a or ä. I’ve always wondered that if it makes an o sound, why doesn’t it look like an O.
Technically you should write it blaahaj instead (if writing Norwegian or Danish, that is). Before the adoption of the Swedish å, aa used to be used in Norway and Denmark for the same sound.
So that’s why it looks similar to a or ä. I’ve always wondered that if it makes an o sound, why doesn’t it look like an O.