How do I pronounce "Kamala"? DirigibleProtein ( @DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 months ago message-square37fedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176message-squareHow do I pronounce "Kamala"? DirigibleProtein ( @DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 2 months ago message-square37fedilink
minus-square magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@fedia.io ) linkfedilink18•edit-22 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-square memfree ( @memfree@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink15•2 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-square SaltySalamander ( @SaltySalamander@fedia.io ) linkfedilink4•2 months ago kah-MALL-uh The right mispronounces it that way intentionally.
minus-square magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@fedia.io ) linkfedilink1•2 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!