[Ads-l] Wunderkind > wonder-kind

[Mark Mandel]

But clearly not well known to all. It happens, even with native English
words. Eh.

Mark Mandel

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019, 11:37 AM Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > Clearly she meant “wonder-kid”. Whatever became of “whiz-kid”?
> >
> > > On Mar 5, 2019, at 11:14 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > >
> > > <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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