[Ads-l] Wunderkind > wonder-kind

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It’s not a word I’d ever learned. I know I’ve heard it and associated it with something amazing, but never figured it out or tried to parse it before. Now I’ll spend another decade trying to figure out how to pronounce it in a way that’s natural in English. BB

> On 6 Mar 2019, at 09:20, Mark Mandel <Mark.A.Mandel at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> 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:
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>> 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”?
>>> 
>>>> 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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