[Ads-l] new forename

[Mark Mandel]

D'ohhh! I should've thought of that. But I'm so picky-careful about using
the right characters that I keep various resources handy on my computer &
my phone, and it just didn't occur to me.

MAM



On Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 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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> Mandel <markamandel at GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2021 1:27 PM
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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
> >
> > / kIz 'mi ki ^ /  (from CNN)
> >
> > She's 35 and a developer of the Moderna vaccine.
> >
> >
>

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