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  • @Tujio
    22•3 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•3 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•3 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•3 months ago

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