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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

how come no anglos spell it blohaj? do they just not know how to say it or are they just complicit with swedens scam to hide their o over a useless a?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A lot of people legitimately don't know how to pronounce it, but it's not unusual to just drop the umlaut - see the instance name for the 196 community for example. I honestly think I agree with you, but I don't care enough to fight that uphill battle.