DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?message-squaremessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square117fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-25 months agoThank you for this. I’ve heard her name mispronounced so often that I genuinely thought kah-MALL-uh was correct. Whoops! Comma-la it is!
minus-squarememfree@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·5 months agoHappy to help! Oh, I shoulda linked to a first-hand source where she herself wrote “comma-la” as the pronunciation (no particular accent on syllables). It is in her book, and also towards the bottom of this piece has that excerpts from her book: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/book-excerpt-kamala-harris-truths-hold/story?id=60234101
minus-squareSaltySalamander@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months ago kah-MALL-uh The right mispronounces it that way intentionally.
minus-squaremagnetosphere@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAs I’ve heard. Now we know better than to perpetuate it!
Thank you for this. I’ve heard her name mispronounced so often that I genuinely thought kah-MALL-uh was correct. Whoops! Comma-la it is!
Happy to help!
Oh, I shoulda linked to a first-hand source where she herself wrote “comma-la” as the pronunciation (no particular accent on syllables). It is in her book, and also towards the bottom of this piece has that excerpts from her book: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/book-excerpt-kamala-harris-truths-hold/story?id=60234101
The right mispronounces it that way intentionally.
As I’ve heard. Now we know better than to perpetuate it!