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mesonofgib t1_jcr0s98 wrote

Wait... In what the hell accent does Koch sound like coke?

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MoxiePep t1_jcr1m73 wrote

American. Ever heard of the Koch Brother(s)?

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mesonofgib t1_jcr4n9p wrote

I have heard the name, but had no idea that's how you pronounced it (I'd only ever read it; never heard it).

It's a fairly common German name, and they definitely don't pronounce it "coke" 😂

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rulen613 t1_jcrg91o wrote

Yup, and the proper pronunciation of their last name is "a$$w1p3"

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Bigfops t1_jcs34az wrote

Jesus Christ, this is the internet, you’re allowed to say “Asswipe”

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Ocelotofdamage OP t1_jcr1tc3 wrote

The one that people named Koch use?

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CyborgBee t1_jcr3mn5 wrote

It's a German name. In Germany, it's pronounced absolutely nothing like Coke. Some Americans, including the famous and despicable oil barons, do pronounce it somewhat like that, although this is by no means uniform - as with most non-English names that have been Americanised, pronunciation varies drastically from family to family.

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ThinIceDice t1_jct2ta6 wrote

I work in EP. There is a cardiac anatomical term "Triangle of Koch" that is pronounced just like coke.

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Schiffy94 t1_jcrfeey wrote

Are you not familiar with the Koch brothers?

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doki__doki t1_jcs9rfk wrote

^ This. In German, it sounds like "cock"; in the non-USA Anglosphere it sounds like "cosh". To be 'coke', it would need an umlaut over the 'o', i.e. 'oe' sound.

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Sensitive_Potato_775 t1_jd75add wrote

This is so wrong lol.

In German, it's something like "Ko<hr>", the last sound being guttural. An "ö" would make it sound more French but there's not a single k in the pronunciation of the last syllable, no matter how many Umlaute you add.

To make it sound like "Cock", german would write "Kock".

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hcshenoy t1_jcsmast wrote

Sounds like a nice juicy meaty cock

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