[Ads-l] How to say Kavanaugh

[Jonathan Lighter]

Protest signs in DC today:

KavaNO!

KavaNOPE!

(With the latter, cf. {hiccough}.

JL

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 1:40 PM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> > [ˈkʰævɪˌnou] <owe> (Chuck Schumer)
> LH:  << You sure Schumer wasn’t saying “Kavan-no!”? >>
> WB:  Definitely obstruent.
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