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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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