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  • magnetosphere
    13•2 months ago

    This is relatively unimportant, but I noticed that Ms. Marvel’s parents call their daughter Kamala “kah-MAL-uh”. Are there different regional pronunciations of the same name? Was it just bad research on Disney’s part? Is it something else?

    • @Tujio
      22•2 months ago

      Kamala Khan is Pakistani.

      Kamala Harris is Indian/Jamaican.

      I would bet that there are regional pronunciations. Plus, that’s not unique. I’ve met three different women from southern California named Andrea and they all had different pronunciations.

      • magnetosphere
        10•2 months ago

        Okay. Thank you for taking my question seriously. I know it’s silly, but it was bugging me.

        I need to go to bed.

      • @toynbee
        6•2 months ago

        I was going to question your “Andrea” claim but then I thought about it and I can think of three similar but different ways to pronounce it. Curious how many ways there are.

        edit: Accidentally pressed “post” prematurely.

      • @[email protected]
        5•2 months ago

        Harris doesn’t pronounce it like people in Chennai do either, she has her own take on the name.