[Ads-l] new forename

[Paul A Johnston]

I'd imagine the caret is simply the IPA symbol for a back unrounded low-mid vowel.  I'd warrant that the pronunciation here is actually a schwa (central), but the two are often interchangeable, dependent on stress maybe, in American Englishes.
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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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