To: politicket
In my German-English dictionary, it is wunderkind.
150 posted on
05/04/2005 11:58:04 PM PDT by
rock58seg
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To: rock58seg
You're correct. I did my mea culpa a few posts ago. I got thrown off because the ending is properly pronounced "-kint" due to its German origins.
I should have known better. I'm preparing my son for the National Spelling Bee in June (he won Colorado) and "wunderkind" is one of his study words...
151 posted on
05/05/2005 12:06:53 AM PDT by
politicket
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