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[Opinions] Kamila and Kamil
Wdyt of Kamila and Kamil?
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I only met Kamilla (double l), but I love this name and any spelling is ok with me.
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I like Camilla. No doubt Kamila and Kamil are fine in their own language context, but I just see large, humped animals in a desert.
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Don't really like, I prefer Camille and Camia
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I agree. the names look awkward.
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Very pretty and very handsome. I grew up with a number of Kamil's who all went by Kam or Kamz here in the UK. I've never met a Kamila, I imagine it would get confused with Camilla (a completely different name) but I still like it.
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Were they from the UK or immigrants from Poland? Camilla is prnounced differently though.
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How are they different? I speak Polish and English and have a basic grasp on IPA and I don't really see any differences that wouldn't just happen naturally (both ways) when switching between languages, especially considering that most Polish speakers can't reliably pronounce the schwa and most English speakers can't reliably palatalise. Like, I get that ideally, in their respective language contexts they'd sound different but in the UK I'd expect them to sound the same, so I'm curious about what differences you'd expect to hear that would prevent Kamila from being confused with Camilla in English.
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Kamila is Ka-MEE-la. I heard it.
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