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Bloch pronunciation?

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Ellenca · 07/03/2023 13:49

Help needed to settle this, please!

It's the dance brand Bloch. Some of us pronounce 'block' and others 'blosh' and I'd like to know which is more correct.

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SiobhanSharpe · 07/03/2023 13:51

For me it would be neither of those but to rhyme with loch? (Said with Scottish pronunciation)

MrsBunnyEars · 07/03/2023 13:54

I’ve always said Block to rhyme with clock.

I have a friend with this as a surname pronounced that way, but it might be totally wrong in this context

Starseeed · 07/03/2023 13:57

inspirationsdancewear.com/blogs/dance-news/pronouncing-dance-brand-names

39 seconds into the video. I reckon in UK English it would translate to “block” rather than “blawk”?

Lastnamedidntstick · 07/03/2023 14:01

SiobhanSharpe · 07/03/2023 13:51

For me it would be neither of those but to rhyme with loch? (Said with Scottish pronunciation)

This.

i suppose it would sound like block depending on accent though.

Throughabushbackwards · 07/03/2023 14:20

It's an Australian brand, in Australia we pronounce it as 'block' with a slightly softer ending - perhaps 'blockh' is most like it.

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