[Ads-l] new forename

Mark Mandel markamandel at GMAIL.COM
Thu Oct 28 17:27:13 UTC 2021


Anyone know the origin of that name? And what does the caret/circumflex at
the end of the pronunciation indicate?

Mark Mandel


On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 7:49 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
>
> / kIz 'mi ki ^ /  (from CNN)
>
> She's 35 and a developer of the Moderna vaccine.
>
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/05/06/kizzmekia-corbett-vaccine-coronavirus/
>
> JL
>
> --
>
>

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