Pronouncing the Veep's first name?

[Wednesdays]

Others in my family are saying it "kam-MA-lah" but I always said it like "COMma-LAH."

[oswaldactedalone]

1. Comma-Lah

[Kaleva]

10. I've always prnounced it a Kam-a-lah

It's a good thing a I rarely discuss politics or current events with others.

[wryter2000]

20. You're correct n/t

n/t

[obnoxiousdrunk]

29. You win.

That is the right way.

[Towlie]

31. Like this:

 
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[dhol82]

2. That's why there was a t-shirt with a comma followed by a la

Accent on the first syllable.

[Wednesdays]

6. Randy Rainbow made a video parodying "Camelot"

And that's what I've been thinking.

[dhol82]

12. And it was fabulous!

[Wednesdays]

17. It is!

And not "Camel-lah, " but "Comma-lah."

[RockRaven]

3. You say it the way I've heard people who know and work with her personally say it...

From what I've seen on TV, and from the people I know who volunteered for her brief primary campaign.

[mobeau69]

4. Pamala with K

[FakeNoose]

27. Actually, it's Pomala with a K

Might be easier to read it as "Comma - lah"

The accent is on the first syllable, as most have indicated.

[mobeau69]

30. That's it! I'm going with "Harris".

[nocoincidences]

5. Sotomayor even mispronounced it

Ka-MA-la. And then Kamala responded with the correct pronunciation:

KA-ma-la.

[HUAJIAO]

13. I caught that, too.

[ariadne0614]

15. Exactly. End of story. n/t

[regnaD kciN]

19. I noticed that immediately...

At the very least, Justice Sotomayor’s error proves that mispronouncing it isn’t always a sign of one’s own racism, as some have claimed.

[stillcool]

7. I used to say it like Pamela...

but got the heads-up on Comma-lah. I like the other way, but it's not my name, so Comma-lah it is.

[elleng]

8. MOM a lah!!!

[northlake9]

9. Simple

Vice President

[Cracklin Charlie]

11. You're right.

Kama-la
Like Mama-la

[Make7]

14. ​It's Kamala! (campaign ad video)

[applegrove]

16. ,- la

[wryter2000]

18. KAH-ma-la

You're right.

[littlemissmartypants]

21. Calm-a-la. nt ❤

[Brother Buzz]

22. Us Californians are having a tough time changing

For years, the media pronounced it "KAM-ma-lah", starting when she was San Francisco's Attorney General, and it followed her to Sacramento.

But I'm making great strides in changing.

[RealityCheque]

23. In her bio, she says "comma, followed by la"

[Chainfire]

24. If confused, just call her Vice President Harris! ;)

It has a really good ring to it.

[Hassler]

25. Comma lah

[Chainfire]

26. If confused, just call her Vice President Harris! ;)

It has a really good ring to it.

[Demsrule86]

28. Someone told me it rhymes with momola...what her step kids called her...that is how I remember.

[zebrapa]

32. It's Camelot ..

without the "t".

[OregonBlue]

33. I think it was Joy Reid who said it was pronounced like Momma la