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

[David Morris]

I guess those of us pronouncing Kant and "cahnt" have a good excuse
for our mistake:

http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d572/Immanuel_Kant
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher

Name: Immanuel
Phonetic Pronunciation: ih-MAHN-wel
Audio Pronunciation: (link)
Origin: German

Name: Kant
Phonetic Pronunciation: kahnt
Audio Pronunciation: (link)
Origin: German

Not that that's a GOOD excuse (Kai's correct, but his excuse is that
he's German!):
http://www.forvo.com/word/immanuel_kant/

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Ray Easton <kraimie at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>