Yo, Paul Ryan! Atlas Didn't Shrug, She Put Her Hand Out

[Ray Easton]

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
<lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
> Yes, really.
>
> Even Richard Rorty, to whom I once had the pleasure to listen to, spoke most
> definitely (and correctly) of Kant (pronounced like "cunt"). Believe me on
> that one!
>

I wouldn't say I disbelieve you, but I'm having difficulty understanding this.

Is this something special about this particular *name* 'Kant'?

Or is this a "typical" German pronunciation of the vowel 'a'?  If the
latter, please give me some examples, if you don't mind.

Ray