DirigibleProtein to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareHow do I pronounce "Kamala"?DirigibleProtein to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square119fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDirigibleProteinOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 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
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoHuzzah does (as do similar words like hurrah), but it’s hard to find a non-stressed version, except for maybe chutzpah
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
Huzzah does (as do similar words like hurrah), but it’s hard to find a non-stressed version, except for maybe chutzpah