[Ads-l] How to say Kavanaugh

[Mark Mandel]

Nice cross-threading!

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 5:43 PM Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use "Kavanaw" in my political screeds.
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 4:23 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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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