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[Mark Mandel]

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