Watch: Grandnieces of Kamala Harris explain in the most adorable way how to pronounce the Democratic candidate's name
Day four of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris' name, led by the US Vice President's grandnieces. Actress Kerry Washington invited 8-year-old Amara and her sister, 6-year-old Leela, to the stage of the DNC to help Trump and even some in the Democratic camp to end the confusion on how to pronounce Kamala.
Ever since it became clear that Kamala Harris would be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, one of the issues many in the US faced was how to pronounce her name. Because, for obvious reasons, Kamala is not a name that most Americans have heard a lot while they were growing up.
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How Trump mocked Kamala's name
But for her opponent, Donald Trump, the confusion was yet another way to make fun of her, and the Republican candidate deliberately started referring to her as 'Kambala', which nobody really knows why. However, some believe that it was a veiled reference to Barack Obama, implying that he was the one controlling her.
Whatever Trump's intention was, he got some help in learning how to pronounce the name of the Democratic candidate.
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Masterclass on how to pronounce Kamala
Day four of the Democratic National Convention included a tutorial on pronouncing Kamala Harris' name, led by the US Vice President's grandnieces.
Actress Kerry Washington invited 8-year-old Amara and her sister, 6-year-old Leela, to the stage of the DNC to help Trump and even some in the Democratic camp to end the confusion on how to pronounce Kamala.
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The two girls are the daughters of Harris' niece, Meena Harris.
¡°It¡¯s come to my attention that there are some folks who struggle ¡ª or pretend to struggle ¡ª with the proper pronunciation of our future president¡¯s name. Confusion is understandable. Disrespect is not. So tonight we are going to help everyone get it right,¡± Washington said before inviting the two girls.
'Comma-la'
Amara and Leela then explained to the crowd how to pronounce Kamala.
¡°First you say ¡®comma¡¯ like the comma in a sentence,¡± Amara said.
"Then you say ¡®la¡¯ like la-la-la-la-la," added Leela.
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The two girls then made the attendees at the DNC practice how to pronounce Kamala.
¡°Everybody over here say comma!¡± Amara told those on the stage's left, while Leela turned to stage right and said, "Everybody over here say la!¡±
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