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How do I pronounce "Kamala"?

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Is it “Camel-uh” or “Cam-ahl-uh”?

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NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world
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Cum Allah

Edit: Jeez, I was just trying to help pronounce it

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crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
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Careful that’s how we got the floods that one time…

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Hackworth@lemmy.world
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Pres·i·dent /ˈprezəˌdent/

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OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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Eth·nic·Clean·ser /Ð-nik klėnzr/

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Hackworth@lemmy.world
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Removed by mod
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OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml
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Your father smelt of elderberries

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Nemoder@lemmy.ml
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I think it’s pronounced “Madam President”

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solarvector@lemmy.ml
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Was wondering earlier, why not just President? Why add the “madam”?

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Nemoder@lemmy.ml
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It’s just a slightly more formal sounding title. This answer on stackexchange goes through some of the history on why alternatives aren’t used.

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thesporkeffect@lemmy.world
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As opposed to “Mr President” which seems common enough

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404@lemmy.zip
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So say we all.

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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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However she pronounces it.

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Wilzax@lemmy.world
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KAH-muh-luh HAER-is

Kamala (/ˈkɑːmələ/) Harris (/ˈhærɪs/)

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Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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Right right right

and that would be … ?

Oh, I found the video on her Youtube channel literally addressing this question back in 2016:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVGfzbP7WBY

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PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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and that would be … ?

…the correct pronunciation.

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Isoprenoid@programming.dev
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Did you read the rest of my post? You can’t say “correctly pronounce it”, and then not give instruction. That doesn’t help anyone.

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Undearius@lemmy.ca
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Comma-luh

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ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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Geno·cider Fas·cist

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gnutrino@programming.dev
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Careful you don’t cut yourself on all that edge

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ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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Mocking enablers of zionist ethnic cleansing is edgy? You must’ve gotten lost on your way back to the r/politics DNC corpomedia grifter cult.

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