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They keep mispronouncing her her name because they are a bunch of racist pieces of shit.
It’s not rocket surgery to figure this out.
I hesitate to post this because of whom it could be seen to be defending, but I've apparently been mispronouncing her name since I learned who she was. I'd only read it, never heard it. It was only when I discussed her out loud with my wife that I learned my pronunciation was incorrect. I don't think I'm racist, I just didn't know.
edit: Removed unnecessary word.
People can make honest and innocent mistakes.
That’s not what Republicans are guilty of, however. They’re racist shitbags and know full-well that they’re mispronouncing her name. That do it on purpose because they’re racist shitbags. There is no other explanation, and there is certainly no excuse.
Your take makes sense to me.
My thought was mainly: if you hear someone mispronouncing her name, don't automatically assume the worst of that person, obviously taking context into account.
I appreciate your understanding.
edit: For the second time in this thread, my client posted my comment before I finished typing the message. Weird.
I have mispronounced her name on occasion. Mistakes happen.
But what the GOP is doing is no mistake. It’s intentional racism. Never doubt that.
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You made an honest mistake. It happens.
This is clearly neural physics for the journalists.
They know, but questioning it is profitable
plus why the right keeps mispronouncing her name
I mean, it's just racism, right?
It serves as a racist dog whistle and a cowardly way to slight the vice president without resorting to overt name-calling.
Yeah, same as always. Important to keep pointing it out, but not exactly an earth-shattering revelation.
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?
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.
Okay. Thank you for taking my question seriously. I know it’s silly, but it was bugging me.
I need to go to bed.
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.
Harris doesn't pronounce it like people in Chennai do either, she has her own take on the name.
I blame the English for not having accents like the Latin languages.
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