It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you live in the US and have a non-English name, someone at some point is bound to butcher the pronunciation.
People across virtually every ethnic group have had to deal with others struggling to get their names right. And the problem seems to persist no matter how powerful or visible a person becomes.Take Wednesday's Senate hearing with top tech executives, among them Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
That’s ok they will have 1460 days to get it correct . Zoom me we will have class on this !!!!!
It's just disrespectful. We are so much better than this!
The writer did not get Pichai’s pronounciation right either , she is from North India, many of them do not get it right either, it’s Pitch-eye, not pih-chai. He is South Indian , we don’t drag it and say Chai, it’s eye.
This is the disrespect he has for women and people of color. How could any God-fearing person want him as a leader of the so-called free world? Other countries are calling the USA stupid power, not a superpower anymore. SMH. Rock on Mrs. Harris, with your bad self. I love you
This CNN fake news channel keeps calling black people people of color. We are proud of being black people
As childish as it may seem they don't call us the Democratic Party they call us the Democrat Party we need to call them the republic party to return the favor !
CNN is flailing. They’re like a fish you caught flopping on the dock but will never make it back to water....
I live in Australia and am disgusted at the number of people and that includes educated ones and TV announcers who can't pronounce our country's name. Eg. Austraya, Straya.
What about when people from other countries and cultures mispronounce names of people from the West? I think it’s more about intent. Some names are very hard to pronounce. Ask the millions of foreigners who changed their names when they moved to the US and Canada.
The only names and places that was hard for me to pronounce was in the bible. I might get tongue twisted but I get it right. Google can help you.
That’s just dumb!!
They have nothing else so they stick on this to draw attention what a same, the president is going to have to learn how to pronounce her name because there is kamala Harris for long ... get used to it
Coma la silly
It’s appalling that as a so called advanced nation we cannot pronounce another human beings name
Totally agree.
It is an insult for not prepared to know names of other people it shows that you are thinking you superior to them in Africa we don't entertain the nonsense of White Americans
Can't believe you wrote a whole article about mispronouncing a name.
Russian pirates attacked the Democratic Party in California and Indiana. And the history of 4 years ago is repeated. Once again the Republican Party playing dirty to win the elections.
She even mispronounces it:
If people of color colonized the West and imposed their languages on the White People, pronouncing our names wouldn't have been an issue the same way English names are easy for us to call. I'm sure everyone knows this. It shouldn't be a political propaganda tool VoteTrump MAGA
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Whoever wrote this garbage is an absolute moron.
In spanish its easy. It's ' Que Mala'
Remember when a politician’s career would end for calling someone macaca?
It means they are fake like the news!
It’s simple. Weak men don’t like strong women. Besides, to those tiny little itty bitty abilities, like Trump and joker here, it’s VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO YOU. To quote Donald, you “dumb bastards” can’t get ANYTHING right! For now, U can call her SENATOR HARRIS! SenKamalaHarris
Shame on CNN!
Kamala literally called herself Camel-a the other day... report on that 😂. the truth is no one cares sis.
KamalaHarris didn’t mind it before
It’s so easy to pronounce her beautiful name! How rude of them!
That’s I always say president hump, no, dump, no....darn I just can’t get it.
Or people from Europe like mine. Got over it.
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Come on, cnn! You guys have got to do better if you're going to call yourselves a 'news network.'
CNN is just a joke now
How does this article help unify the country?
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You mean like when someone says George instead of Donald?
Cut me a break! People mispronounce my name all the time and it is a simple 5 letter, 1 syllable word🙄
Hey CNN, Tucker Carlson showed video of her mispronouncing her own name, you idiots!
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Only an idiot would vote for Biden and his henchmen and women who will raise our taxes. Trump tax cuts increased my take home pay by $250 a month.
Two words: Buttigieg
Potatoe potatoe. Some people are too sensitive. If this is the worst of your troubles you are truly blessed because the rest of us are worrying about payingvte gas bill or food for the kids.
Saying someones names wrong is not malicious.
Stonekettle It's three syllables. How difficult can that be?
CNN sucks everything is about race not fair this not fair that 🤮
Stonekettle 'Victoria' was once thought of as an odd name.
No, it's just simply that Kamala isn't liked as a person and people mispronounce her name to annoy her and her supporters.
simple : men are dick brains !
Call her Vice President Harris
What’s the problem Camila...?
It's ignorance. All the adults in the room can learn a name if they choose to.
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How do you account for the fact that she missed pronounced her own name?
Every post of yours has some negativity and hate that create division in our society. Post positive things for a change . Being a person of color all our life we correct people about our names what’s the big deal?! Stop taking offense about everything. 🙄
Lol of course
In Cincinnati, Kamala herself pronounced her own name, camel-a not comma-la. The obsession of the media on this issue indicates that they are the racists...churning racism when none is intended or implied.
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Get over it.
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Bullshit! CNN is trash !
It's a racist tactic they use against her as well as Obama. Call it what it is.
Everything about a person communicates alongside his or her speech-so much that most people can tell the difference between a person making a genuine mistake and those who intentionally make their errors and know they are being dismissive and rude. It is a red flag of weakness.
It is just impolite and disrespectful to (1) purposefully misrepresent someone's name or (2) interview or set a meeting with someone and not bother to learn how to pronounce their name. Ask, how do you pronounce your name, listen, repeat, did I get your name right, try again.
Breath people at CNN. Kamala means lotus -- a sacred and beautiful flower. Even so, and even as she is not, I focus on COMMA LA so I don't stumble, like when I say anonymity. Here is a great piece by Dwayne Perkins to hopefully help bring it on down.
I’ve personally experienced this myself for decades. Usually the first question after being introduced is “what do people call you.”
Pretty sure Schwarzenegger is easy but Kamala hard. Obviously. Right?
So what’s your point?!?!?!?
Senators who have WORKED WITH HER FOR YEARS. She's not like...a new person to them. It's intentional.
This is why my family chose an Americanized last name 🥺
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ha ha ha Joe Biden always mispronounces Kamala’s name.
Who cares? She couldn’t do it on her own so daddy Joe helped....
Obama mispronounced Kamala’s name at one of his rallies. Kam as in ham.
It was so rude of Joe to mispronounce Kommielas name when he announced her as his running mate. What an asshole
That’s why most white Americans name there kids Joe or Bob, Jim or Jill, Jane, they have to keep it simple.
If I can’t remember the persons name can I call them “the senator who was a Mormon”
Come on, we know exactly what he was doing.
Willfully mispronouncing names? Can you say 'passive aggression', boys & girls?
Perduesenate is a moron, the world and more so the Americans are well aware of. sundarpichai do not need his endorsement for anything - he can make this imbecile uneducated senator his doorman Everyday. KamalaHarris is the future of America, and these senators are shit scared
As for Harris everyone in the Democratic Presidential Debates called her by the same name and then when she was appointed as Vice President she changed the pronunciation- even Biden referred to her by her old name-think about it
We don’t give a care how this person spells her name. She is a nobody going nowhere and she and her buddy Biden will never win.... drain the swamp!!! Bye bye!!!
Here’s a crazy idea. Don’t pick a running mate because of their gender and color of their skin...
THIS IS BULLSHIT. I find it hard to pronounce German names or words. What does that mean? This is liberal nonsense to make us feel lioe we are victims all the time. I will not fall for this persecution complex.
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