DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?message-squaremessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square127fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRight 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
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago and that would be … ? …the correct pronunciation.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoDid you read the rest of my post? You can’t say “correctly pronounce it”, and then not give instruction. That doesn’t help anyone.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIf the video specifically made to teach you how to pronounce her name didn’t help, what makes you think I can?
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYour original post tells us to pronounce it the way she says it, but doesn’t actually show us how she says it. How did you expect us to pronounce it correctly if we haven’t heard her say it?
minus-squarePapaStevesy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoYes, because to refer to it in any other way would have required precognition, which I unfortunately lack. My bad?
minus-squareWilzax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months agoKAH-muh-luh HAER-is Kamala (/ˈkɑːmələ/) Harris (/ˈhærɪs/)
However she pronounces it.
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
…the correct pronunciation.
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.
If the video specifically made to teach you how to pronounce her name didn’t help, what makes you think I can?
Your original post tells us to pronounce it the way she says it, but doesn’t actually show us how she says it.
How did you expect us to pronounce it correctly if we haven’t heard her say it?
You didn’t link to that video.
I never said I did.
You referred to it retroactively.
Yes, because to refer to it in any other way would have required precognition, which I unfortunately lack. My bad?
Comma-luh
KAH-muh-luh HAER-is
Kamala (/ˈkɑːmələ/) Harris (/ˈhærɪs/)