Tucker Carlson was furious after a guest corrected his pronunciation of Kamala Harris' Name
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Ridgerunner
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Often in the U.S., the name “Kathleen” is started with a “C”, as in “Cathleen”, though I think it’s less common. I understand “Cailin” is rendered “Colleen” with English speakers. So I guess the “K” or the “C” is pronounced in Gaelic, just not often used as a letter. True?
Gaelic is nigh onto inscrutable for one who wasn’t raised with it. My paternal grandmother was Irish and she knew some Gaelic. I learned just a tiny bit from her. But I later found out she was using a western version typical of County Mayo. Her parents were total Gaelic speakers from County Mayo.
But then, my paternal grandfather’s people were from what is now County Leix (or however you spell it; the former Queen’s County) and had been English speakers for a long time. They did know a little Gaelic, but it was different from my grandmother’s in some of the pronunciation.
Gaelic is nigh onto inscrutable for one who wasn’t raised with it. My paternal grandmother was Irish and she knew some Gaelic. I learned just a tiny bit from her. But I later found out she was using a western version typical of County Mayo. Her parents were total Gaelic speakers from County Mayo.
But then, my paternal grandfather’s people were from what is now County Leix (or however you spell it; the former Queen’s County) and had been English speakers for a long time. They did know a little Gaelic, but it was different from my grandmother’s in some of the pronunciation.
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Tambo
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Here in USA 2020 the name Caitlin is synonymous with all three genders 
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Tambo
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Grand so mo chara.
Is that gaelic for “do you want a cafe mocha”
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Grand so mo chara.
Is that gaelic for “do you want a cafe mocha”
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tomarin
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My Duolingo app is fond of telling me that ‘more people are studying Gaelic on Duolingo than there are actual native speakers of Gaelic’. (I’m not studying Gaelic though.)
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gam197
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That’s a name stereotypically associated with Wales in the UK but it does pop up in Ireland quite a bit as well. It’s an old English name.
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We have a Colleen but now we have gone away from Saints name like Patrick and Michael and have names like Owen and Colin that is when we are are not naming people after plants, trees and movie stars.
Kamala can be pronouned different ways and that make it tricky. It is similar with Michelle. and a slew of other names. Joe Biden pronounces her name different ways at different times and he should know there is one way to say her name, learn it and say it right. So should Tucker.
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We have a Colleen but now we have gone away from Saints name like Patrick and Michael and have names like Owen and Colin that is when we are are not naming people after plants, trees and movie stars.
Kamala can be pronouned different ways and that make it tricky. It is similar with Michelle. and a slew of other names. Joe Biden pronounces her name different ways at different times and he should know there is one way to say her name, learn it and say it right. So should Tucker.
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josie_L
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Assuming that was his reason for intentionally mispronouncing her name is juvenile.
It’s also bearing false witness.
It’s also bearing false witness.
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KMC
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I saw the episode…it was not intentional…anymore than Biden pronouncing it the exact same way the next day was not intentional.
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RidgeSprinter
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How long has Kamala been in the news? He’s done pieces on her before ( Buesher and Kavanaugh ) ( Those are the last 2 I remember ) and has never mispronounced her name before.
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KMC
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yet Biden mispronounced her name too???josie_L:
How long has Kamala been in the news? He’s done pieces on her before ( Buesher and Kavanaugh ) ( Those are the last 2 I remember ) and has never mispronounced her name before.
How about just “49”?Tambo:
I look for the day when, instead, she will simply be called “Madam Vice President”!
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gam197
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She is his vice presidential pick, doesn’t Joe have an obligation to get her name correct. Sometime he gets it right, other times, no. I can’t see this changing.
I agree that Tucker should get her name right. Take the correction and learn it.
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KMC
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Glad you know what is in his heart.
He talked about the outrage over his mispronunciation…he pronounced it correctly on last night’s show.
This is a lot of faux outrage…especially since the person you are likely to vote for president is apparently not cogent enough to correctly pronounce the name of his own VP pick.
Again, all of this started by a guest who really didn’t want to talk about Harris believing the woman accusing Biden of sexual abuse. What is quite obvious reading the posts is that for many Tucker’s mispronunciation of “Kamala” is a more important issue than the sexual abuse allegation against Biden.
He talked about the outrage over his mispronunciation…he pronounced it correctly on last night’s show.
This is a lot of faux outrage…especially since the person you are likely to vote for president is apparently not cogent enough to correctly pronounce the name of his own VP pick.
Again, all of this started by a guest who really didn’t want to talk about Harris believing the woman accusing Biden of sexual abuse. What is quite obvious reading the posts is that for many Tucker’s mispronunciation of “Kamala” is a more important issue than the sexual abuse allegation against Biden.
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Pattylt
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I worked in the hospital lab for years…we saw all kinds of names, too. A mom named her daughter Placenta because she thought it sounded pretty. We had some laughs over Forrest Budd. Our all time favorite…and yes, it was really her name…Misty Beaver. I would have married at 13 to get rid of that combination!
My mother’s maiden name was Geraldine Bertelstein…a horrible rhyme. She had a teacher that called her Bernadine for an entire school year.
My uncle…a Garison…wanted to name his son Harrison Garison. My aunt won out with Gary Garison…better but not by much.
My mother’s maiden name was Geraldine Bertelstein…a horrible rhyme. She had a teacher that called her Bernadine for an entire school year.
My uncle…a Garison…wanted to name his son Harrison Garison. My aunt won out with Gary Garison…better but not by much.
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EmilyAlexandra
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There’s a nice inscription for a Regina at South Shields in the northeast of England. She was a Catuvellaunian slave owned by Barates, a Palmyrene who had travelled some 3,000 miles from home to live at Arbeia and later Coria, where he himself died. Regina became his freedwoman and his wife and died aged 30. Barates put up an inscription to her in Latin and in his native Palmyrene.
https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/1065
I get the impression that quite unusual names are somewhat popular with African Americans too. I’m thinking of La David Johnson, for example. I’m sure I’ve come across quite a few African Americans who have names that seem like they have been adapted from a more common name.
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Ridgerunner
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Getting close to being nailed by the cancel culture folks here, but I once had a (black) girlfriend whose name was Charmelle. But never did I see one so unusual as the girlfriend of a black friend. Her name was Whirr-melda. I had to ask twice about whether that was hyphenated. Turns out it was. It sounded better than it looks written.
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Dr_Meinheimer
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My mother worked with a Fanny Butts.
The senior class president in high school was Harry Dingle.
The senior class president in high school was Harry Dingle.
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