[Ads-l] Wunderkind > wonder-kind

[Dan Goncharoff]

I don't understand. Wunderkind is a common German/Yiddish word that
entered English like so many others.

DanG

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 11:29 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Clearly she meant “wonder-kid”. Whatever became of “whiz-kid”?
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> > On Mar 5, 2019, at 11:14 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> > <Wunderkind> [ˈvundɐʁˌkʰɪnt] --> <wonder + kind> [ˈwəndɚˌkʰɑind].
> > Laura Ingraham referred to AOC's financial assistant as a [ˈwəndɚˌkʰɑind,
> > wonder + kind]. Fox News, The Ingraham Angle.
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