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markpkessinger

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55. Not so...

Sun Nov 4, 2012, 03:48 AM

Nov 2012

The pronunciation of an "o" that precedes two consonants (unless the first consonant is an 'h') is rendered in the International Phonetic Alphabet with a character that looks like a backwards 'c'. The sound that corresponds to it is more like what we might render as an "aw" diphthong, albeit without the ending 'u' inflection. It is actually much closer to the English "cock" (only with a German, guttural 'ch' sound rather than a hard English 'k' sound at the end), that it is to 'coke.'

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How is Koch actually pronounced? [View all] jmowreader Nov 2012 OP

Cock ... no, not really. I think it's Coke. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #1

Don't bother, you had it right the first time. : ) nt rDigital Nov 2012 #53

actually it happens to be MY name hfojvt Nov 2012 #60

+1 Raine1967 Nov 2012 #67

Crotch. n/t spockeye Nov 2012 #2

Cock krawhitham Nov 2012 #3

I believe The Evil Koch Brothers pronounce their name "coke." The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #4

It is cyglet Nov 2012 #15

coke ailsagirl Nov 2012 #5

^This Ya Basta Nov 2012 #18

Douchebag LynneSin Nov 2012 #6

asshole spanone Nov 2012 #7

+ struggle4progress Nov 2012 #16

Taint. n/t spockeye Nov 2012 #8

Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #9

Those who take ' Koch ' dirty money, thats what they are!! Segami Nov 2012 #19

you say that like it is a bad thing... ldf Nov 2012 #23

Asshole still_one Nov 2012 #10

Things go better with Coke. Only they don't go better with those assholes. nt MADem Nov 2012 #11

Coke, but these are men strangers to polite company Nika Nov 2012 #12

Coke, rhymes with "joke" TheCowsCameHome Nov 2012 #13

coke, as in they sniff too much of it. n/t ejbr Nov 2012 #14

Coke. nt bluestate10 Nov 2012 #17

It's 'Coke'... Princess Turandot Nov 2012 #20

Crock...as in a Koch of shit. Tikki Nov 2012 #21

"fucking assholes" Skittles Nov 2012 #22

Like this begin_within Nov 2012 #24

kok suk err Cicada Nov 2012 #25

Cock? Crook? Crotch? we can do it Nov 2012 #26

Ed "Koch" is "Cahtch". David "Koch" is "Coke". BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #27

Cock Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2012 #28

Sorry. Germans would use a long o sound = "Coke." WinkyDink Nov 2012 #33

nope reorg Nov 2012 #44

Both the "o" and the "ch" would get different pronunciations in different places Recursion Nov 2012 #51

Not quite... markpkessinger Nov 2012 #56

You're describing the rules in the Rhineland, IIRC Recursion Nov 2012 #66

Not so... markpkessinger Nov 2012 #55

Northern Germans don't even have the guttural "ch" Recursion Nov 2012 #68

Here's what Google's machine translation sounds like BadgerKid Nov 2012 #63

No. cyglet Nov 2012 #37

I said "long o." Yes, I ignored the "guttural" nature of the ch. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #64

Dick. Iggo Nov 2012 #29

Cocksucker DemKittyNC Nov 2012 #30

It's "Coke." eom City Lights Nov 2012 #31

It varies. In my locale, Koch = "Kuck." The Mayor = "Kotch." The billionaires = "Coke." WinkyDink Nov 2012 #32

It may sound surprisingly like "GIMME" in certain dialects. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #34

In public, or in private? n/t Greybnk48 Nov 2012 #35

cock or dick or prick, in the south peckerwood juxtaposed Nov 2012 #36

Rhymes with joke. greendog Nov 2012 #38

My German lineage renamed it "Cook". We go way back apparently. libdem4life Nov 2012 #39

I can speak German and know it means "Cook" theoldman Nov 2012 #40

Thank you. I kind of remember that now you mention it. libdem4life Nov 2012 #42

Yes, a gutteral german... sort of like cough with a harder g. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #45

CokeROACH nt Raine Nov 2012 #41

The Koch brothers are of Dutch descent, not German as stated in several replies. Tanuki Nov 2012 #43

It is still a german name. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #46

that may be so reorg Nov 2012 #47

Dutch and German very similar. HooptieWagon Nov 2012 #48

C-R-O-O-K Initech Nov 2012 #49

I went to college with a Koch and I was given a clear lesson: It's like Coke. Festivito Nov 2012 #50

HIS name; not necessarily everyone's. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #65

"Rich douchebag", I think Recursion Nov 2012 #52

It's pronounced "Citizens United". nt rDigital Nov 2012 #54

It's Former Mayor Ed Kotch versus the Coke Brothers Hekate Nov 2012 #57

Rofl, Hekate! Cha Nov 2012 #59

Kochroaches. Cha Nov 2012 #58

Coke, as in Coca-Cola sakabatou Nov 2012 #61

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