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chm | 9 years ago

FWIW you would pronounce "Coq" much more like "kuhk" than "cock", if that makes sense. But that depends on the accent :)

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hackerboos|9 years ago

That's even worse

acjohnson55|9 years ago

Yeah, that, plus all the alt-right weirdos.

tom_mellior|9 years ago

Here's a list of actual pronounciations by actual French speakers:

I think it's actually "coke", isn't it?

jrmyp|9 years ago

In French "coq" is \kɔk\, compared in to "cock" and "coke" which are \ˈkɑːk\ and \koʊk\ in English.

It would be closer to "caught" \kɔːt\ with a short vowel and a \k\ sound at the end.

chm|9 years ago

No, the "o" in "coke" is not how the one in "coq" would be pronounced. Another poster mentioned that it sounds like more like the "u" in "cuck".