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@Suzianne
The three-syllable word should be pronounced “Come-a-laa” (Kamalā), with the final long “a” signaling a feminine noun in Sanskrit. In the United States, it is often enunciated with stresses placed on the first or second syllable.
https://theconversation.com/kamala-a-common-name-in-india-is-associated-with-several-deities-and-is-a-symbol-of-wisdom-236641
@Suzianne saidI beg to disagree.
Incorrect, as always.
What do you know abut Indian culture?
Have you extended your ignorance to yet another subject?
A person's own name is pronounced the way they want. She wasn't born in India, she's never lived in India, yet you would deny her own opinion of how to pronounce her own name. What's wrong with you
One has a name and anyone can pronounce it the way they want.
And you just have to live with it.
Think, for example, of the name Gertrude.
In some countries it will be pronounced Ger-trude.
In Holland it’s pronounced: Cher (with the CH from Scottish word loch)-true-de.
So, you can want what you want, but the reality is that sometimes it’s not even possible.
Edit:
Well, I just looked it all up. And yes, we Brits do pronounce it with a hard “a”. So Camel-a.
And the American pronounciation seems, to me, to be between the hard A from camel and the soft O from comma.
As I’m Scottish, the hard A will sound even harder.
But again… it’s a nothing burger of a debate.
Unless people are deliberately mispronouncing it because they’re racist fvck wads.
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@shavixmir saidDid you watch the DNC?
When people say her name, it sounds like cam-i-la to me.
I’ve not heard anyone say komala.
Yes, I know, it's all American nonsense, but still.
Nearly everyone there pronounced it correctly, as opposed to Republicans who don't want to get it right.
@Suzianne saidRepublicans are thick as pig shhit, so they don’t count.
Did you watch the DNC?
Yes, I know, it's all American nonsense, but still.
Nearly everyone there pronounced it correctly, as opposed to Republicans who don't want to get it right.
In Britain it would just be pronounced as Pamela, but then Kamela.
And Pamela is pronounced as Paam-i-la.
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@Metal-Brain saidJust stop it.
@Suzianne
The three-syllable word should be pronounced “Come-a-laa” (Kamalā), with the final long “a” signaling a feminine noun in Sanskrit. In the United States, it is often enunciated with stresses placed on the first or second syllable.
https://theconversation.com/kamala-a-common-name-in-india-is-associated-with-several-deities-and-is-a-symbol-of-wisdom-236641
You're not an Indian linguist, so just let her pronounce her name the way she wants.
You have such little respect for people.
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@shavixmir saidIt's Pam-el-a here. Short a, like in pan. But with a distinctive "e" in the middle, not an "i", or an "a".
Republicans are thick as pig shhit, so they don’t count.
In Britain it would just be pronounced as Pamela, but then Kamela.
And Pamela is pronounced as Paam-i-la.
But Kamala is Com-a-la, with a distinctive "a" in the middle.
The Brits never could speak English. 🙂
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@shavixmir saidWe usually give special dispensation for languages that have a different language structure. I've never heard anyone give the Dutch or the Scottish grief for using their own special pronunciations.
I beg to disagree.
One has a name and anyone can pronounce it the way they want.
And you just have to live with it.
Think, for example, of the name Gertrude.
In some countries it will be pronounced Ger-trude.
In Holland it’s pronounced: Cher (with the CH from Scottish word loch)-true-de.
So, you can want what you want, but the reality is that sometimes it’s not ...[text shortened]... ger of a debate.
Unless people are deliberately mispronouncing it because they’re racist fvck wads.
As far as Gertrude, that's why some younger people with that name prefer to be called "Trudy". That's super common here for Gertrude.
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@shavixmir saidHehe! Too bad.
Oh, you are going to make our incel community very uneasy with that sort of language!
🤣
I'm guessing their, umm, tiny hands (yeah, that's it) have a lot to do with that.
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@Mott-The-Hoople saidSays the incel.
you wouldnt know what a lady is even if one slapped you in the face with a turd
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To an Australian listening to Kamala say her name, it's Kar-muh-lah with the stress only on the first syllable.
But then, to an Australian, a short "o" spoken by an American always sounds like "ah". If you say "dot.com" I hear "dart-carm".
Deliberately mispronouncing any person's name is impolite and disrespectful. Some people here have forgotten their manners, if they ever had any.
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@shavixmir saidI find your application of the word or the concept of race to be quite peculiar.
I beg to disagree.
One has a name and anyone can pronounce it the way they want.
And you just have to live with it.
Think, for example, of the name Gertrude.
In some countries it will be pronounced Ger-trude.
In Holland it’s pronounced: Cher (with the CH from Scottish word loch)-true-de.
So, you can want what you want, but the reality is that sometimes it’s not ...[text shortened]... ger of a debate.
Unless people are deliberately mispronouncing it because they’re racist fvck wads.