Is it “Camel-uh” or “Cam-ahl-uh”?

  • Obinice@lemmy.world
    25·
    4 months ago

    Why would you think it can only be pronounced with an “uh” at the end? Where did that come from?

    I could be wrong about how she uses her name of course, but I would pronounce it Cam-ahl-a, nothing the hard a at the end, as in apple.

    We don’t say uhpple, we say apple.

    • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zoneOP
      8·
      4 months ago

      Why would you think it can only be pronounced with an “uh” at the end? Where did that come from?

      I can’t think of any words that end in the hard a (but I’m willing to learn, hence this post).

      But words that end in the letter a with the “uh” sound seem to be common:

      China Koala Academia Pizza Cicada

      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
        11·
        4 months ago

        Huzzah does (as do similar words like hurrah), but it’s hard to find a non-stressed version, except for maybe chutzpah

    • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      4 months ago

      I don’t think it would be correct to use the A in apple for any of the As in Kamala. It’s more of the A with an open mouth than constrained to the front. The A in calm is much closer imo

      I should really be using the IPA to make my point here but I don’t know all the letters