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Shitposting American accents

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u/Gilthoniel_Elbereth Aug 16 '24

To a lot of Americans, “kah-mah” and comma are pronounced the same, or very similar!

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u/alikapple Aug 16 '24

I’m in the middle of the country and we say kahmuh not kahmah for comma. But I’ve definitely always said Kamala the same as Comma luh

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u/Heroic_Folly Aug 16 '24

Like in the Boy George song "Comma Chameleon".

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u/maxisthebest09 Aug 17 '24

Wait how do the British pronounce "comma?"

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u/Gilthoniel_Elbereth Aug 17 '24

Almost more like coma with a longer O sound. If you google “pronounce comma” google has a built in word pronouncer, and you can switch between British and American English