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How do I pronounce "Kamala"? (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is it “Camel-uh” or “Cam-ahl-uh”?

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Commala? As in the pokemon Komala?

So it really is Komala Harris vs Trumpshoos

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't the Pokemon's name pronounced like coma + koala? Coma and comma are different.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

🤷I've been pronouncing it as Ko-Ma-La without the emphasise of ow. I appreciate this post though, i've seen so many asian name being butchered by english speaking country it become annoying.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Ko-Ma-La without the emphasise of ow.

I'm not sure I follow. Coma would probably be "ko-ma", like I'd suggested, whereas comma is something like "cah-ma"...but I'm not sure where the "ow" comes in