Is it “Camel-uh” or “Cam-ahl-uh”?
Karma-la… But drop the ‘r’
I say it as [ˈka.ma.la].
However she pronounces it.
KAH-muh-luh HAER-is
Kamala (/ˈkɑːmələ/) Harris (/ˈhærɪs/)
Right right right
and that would be … ?
Oh, I found the video on her Youtube channel literally addressing this question back in 2016:
Comma-luh
and that would be … ?
…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?
You didn’t link to that video.
I never said I did.
You referred to it retroactively.
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?
Your original post tells us to pronounce it the way she says it, but doesn’t actually show us how she says it.
Because I’m not her. You figured it out and found a video on your own, you clearly didn’t need me. Why would I know better than her how to pronounce it?
How did you expect us to pronounce it correctly if we haven’t heard her say it?
I didn’t. I presumed that if someone cared enough, they would find an appropriate video; that presumption was proven correct. But I never expected anyone to do anything, certainly not to get so incredibly butt-hurt by mild sarcasm.
The issue with English is that it is a non-phonetic language. In English, ‘a’ can sound either like æ, eɪ, ɑː, ɔː, etc. I’m pretty sure a French or a German wouldn’t butcher this name, as their alphabets are pretty consistent in phonetic pronunciation.
In Devanagari, it is written as कमला (ka + ma + laa), which is the feminine form of कमल (ka + ma + la). In Hindi (at least, not sure about other Indo-Aryan or Dravidian languages), every varnmala by default has a short ‘a’ - adding a ा turns this into a longer ‘aa’ sound (क् + अ -> क (ka), क् + आ -> का (kaa)).
It’s 'cause we took the letters from Latin, which actually had 5 vowels, and applied it to a Germanic language which, in my dialect, has 17.
We also standardised the spelling hundreds of years ago, and never updated it, but that’s a sort of separate issue.
Watch miss marvel and listen how her mother calls her.
Geno·cider Fas·cist
Careful you don’t cut yourself on all that edge
Mocking enablers of zionist ethnic cleansing is so edgy guys
Cum Allah
Careful that’s how we got the floods that one time…
The Indian (Sanskrit) name is pronounced ka-ma-laa (meaning lotus), with no stress, and no gap in between the syllables. The first two 'a’s are pronounced like the ‘u’ in rum, while the last is the same sound but longer (so like the ‘a’ in calm).
The US Presidential candidate’s name is pronounced the way she likes, which in this case is closer to ko-ma-laa.
Every word has stress. You probably mean the first phoneme is stressed. And the “rum” sound you’re looking for is called the “schwa”
Not in classical Sanskrit. Vedic Sanskrit had pitch accent, which had been lost by the classical Sanskrit era. English has stress accent. But many languages do not have stress accent, and either have pitch accent or syllables are not accented at all.
Every word has stress.
In most Indian languages, most words are unstressed. There is a distinction between long and short syllables, but that comes from vowel length, not stress. A few words (like him-AA-la-ya) do have stress, but this is the exception and usually happens due to conjugation.
You probably mean the first phoneme is stressed.
No, kamala is unstressed.
And the “rum” sound you’re looking for is called the “schwa”
Yes.
“Kamala”
Emphasis is on the first syllable, is how I’ve heard it.
I think it’s pronounced “Madam President”
So say we all.
Was wondering earlier, why not just President? Why add the “madam”?
As opposed to “Mr President” which seems common enough
Why would you think it can only be pronounced with an “uh” at the end? Where did that come from?
I could be wrong about how she uses her name of course, but I would pronounce it Cam-ahl-a, nothing the hard a at the end, as in apple.
We don’t say uhpple, we say apple.
I don’t think it would be correct to use the A in apple for any of the As in Kamala. It’s more of the A with an open mouth than constrained to the front. The A in calm is much closer imo
I should really be using the IPA to make my point here but I don’t know all the letters
Why would you think it can only be pronounced with an “uh” at the end? Where did that come from?
I can’t think of any words that end in the hard a (but I’m willing to learn, hence this post).
But words that end in the letter a with the “uh” sound seem to be common:
China Koala Academia Pizza Cicada
Huzzah does (as do similar words like hurrah), but it’s hard to find a non-stressed version, except for maybe chutzpah
Comma-la
Rhymes with Pamela.
ML making fun of a Black woman’s name. I wish I was surprised, but I’m not.
What are you talking about? Nobody here is making fun of her name.
That’s an Indian name
I think it’s an honest question, which is a respectful thing to ask if you don’t know. I myself haven’t been sure, because I’ve heard it pronounced multiple different ways even by news pundits.
No one is making fun. It’s not a common name and people want to make sure that pronounce it correctly.
