[Ads-l] How to say Kavanaugh

[Laurence Horn]

> On Oct 4, 2018, at 10:12 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Wikipedia prescribes /'kævǝnɔ:/ for the Irish surname.
> 
> What I hear on the tube (i.e. TV), as of October 4, 2018:
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnɔ] <awe>
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnɑ] <Ah!>
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnɑɹ] <are> (Donald Trump)
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnɑn] <Ah! + n>
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> [ˈkʰævɪnə] [Uh...]
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnou] <owe> (Chuck Schumer)

You sure Schumer wasn’t saying “Kavan-no!”?
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> [ˈkʰævɪˌnɔf] <off> (me. Upon first hearing, I thought it was Slavic; though
> not on the tube. Yet.)
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