[Ads-l] new forename

[Jonathan Lighter]

The caret represents a schwa, for those of us too lazy to copy and paste
from an IPA site.

JL

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:51 PM Paul A Johnston <paul.johnston at wmich.edu>
wrote:

> 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
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>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 7:49 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
> >
> > / kIz 'mi ki ^ /  (from CNN)
> >
> > She's 35 and a developer of the Moderna vaccine.
> >
> >
> >
> https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fclimate-environment%2F2020%2F05%2F06%2Fkizzmekia-corbett-vaccine-coronavirus%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cpaul.johnston%40WMICH.EDU%7C60822acf755046c2e2c808d99a3835e6%7C257622517aa94c72905f39bf026a8a84%7C0%7C0%7C637710389208369305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BvyqqtCrhnbtrl03PVuA9lQNQEbVY3t%2BtjUQ7NIhy60%3D&reserved=0
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> > JL
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