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lifeisahologram 66 points ago +66 / -0

This joke makes no sense, Pence wasn’t the one to mispronounce her name. It was Biden first, so are they making fun of Biden?

No? So theg are referencing Tucker when he mispronounced it? What does Tucker have to do with either of them?

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YugeBallsBelieveMe 46 points ago +47 / -1

They have to make Kamala a victim in order for her to be relevant

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Kek_The_World 20 points ago +20 / -0

I believe the correct pronunciation is camel-lay

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ThePronghorn 11 points ago +11 / -0

Nah I'm pretty sure it's Cum-allah.

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Kek_The_World 5 points ago +5 / -0

Not really sure how I would get a photo of that....

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Chancehappeneth 8 points ago +8 / -0

They're pointing out that their side is more "diverse".

On the pronunciation angle, it's extremely ignorant to insist English language speakers pronounce other language names correctly. Different languages have different Stress Accent and tonal patterns and vowel sounds.

When I first saw the name I read it as come-AH-la. I since befriended someone with this name who was actually born and raised on the Tibetan border. The first "a" is pronounced unusually compared to other English words with a hard C start. It's almost like CALM-i-luh. She also tonally stresses the beginning of her sentences and drops off noticeably at the ends, even if the most important information is at the end. This leads native English speakers to cut her off or interrupt her because their ears haven't picked up or mistook what was important. It's really amazing how much more attention people pay to stress and tone over the content words themselves.