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Fallosophy
03-22-2005, 09:33 PM
Alright, this is it. I am sick and tired of not knowing how to ****ounce the name "Koch". I've been saying "Coke" my whole life but I want to know the correct way if that isn't it.
I don't want someone to reply if you've heard it from a friend of a friend or your local policeman says he knows how to ****ounce it :D
is it
"Coke"?
"****"?
"Coach"?
"KoTch"( ryhmes with crotch)?
I always though it was kinda like Kosh ...
American Patriot
03-22-2005, 09:59 PM
I say Coke (with a soft k) but it's funnier to say ****.
Cromdog
03-22-2005, 10:55 PM
http://hkpro.com/koch.htm
I have heard everything from it probounced like "coke" to it being exactly like "****"
I prenounce it like Heckler and "****".........Im sure that means I have latent homo******ity or something but to me the "coke" just doesnt sond right.......
As for the "true" ****unciation? I have no clue. Better ask a german........or call the HK hotline and when the lady/man goes "Hecker and " ", how may we help with your weapons needs today? You say "thanks, you already have" and hang up!
TacoDelRio
03-22-2005, 11:08 PM
I took German for 5 years. That showed me that everyone has a different way of ****ouncing it!
I say it with a soft "ch" or whatever. "Kowhhc", hard to explain.
Just say "****". Ask people if they want to play with it, too.
Zorro C9
03-22-2005, 11:34 PM
I just say "H and K"
rawkitheart
03-22-2005, 11:50 PM
its closer to coach.
maybe kosh?
Right or wrong, Kosh is how we usually say it in Canada.
Kitsune
03-23-2005, 12:26 AM
"Heckler" is ****unced pretty much as an American would say "hack-ler".
"Koch" is ****ounced like "****"...except for the ch. The ch is not ****ounced as an "k", or "ck", and certainly not as a "sh". It's a guttural hissing sound that doesn't exist in the English langauge. To learn speaking it ask for competent help. A Klingon for example. Or, if non is available, a Dutchmen will do. Anyway, both should be able to help you since about half of their respective languages consist of the sound in question.
;)
CMEPTb
03-23-2005, 01:33 AM
Their rep ****ounced it as "****" on the History channel, but I think the correct German ****ounciation is "kohhhh"
TacoDelRio
03-23-2005, 02:51 AM
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What he said.
Tony Williams
03-23-2005, 03:26 AM
It's easy - the 'ch' in 'Koch' is ****ounced just like the 'ch' in the Scottish 'loch' :D
Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website (http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk) and discussion
forum (http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/messages/)
ogukuo72
03-23-2005, 04:53 AM
I always thought it was ****ounced as "cough"! :)
But seriously, when I heard it mentioned the last time, it sounded something like "K-aw-hall".
Kitsune
03-23-2005, 05:18 AM
It's easy - the 'ch' in 'Koch' is ****ounced just like the 'ch' in the Scottish 'loch'
Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion
forum
Correct. Scotsmen are at an advantage here.
;)
Freibier
03-23-2005, 10:31 AM
http://hkpro.com/koch.wav
Werewolf01
03-23-2005, 11:25 AM
It's coke.
I see no umlaut over the "o" in Koch.
Sabre
03-23-2005, 11:26 AM
Koch is ****ounced with a 'soft' 'ch' that is made in the back of the throat. (as in 'Ich' (I), 'auch' (and), 'kochen' (to cook) and 'rauchen' (to smoke))
Tony Williams is correct, it is comparable to the scottish ****unciation of Loch.
It p*sses me off when people say 'kotch', where the hell does the 'T' come from? It's not there!
Bottom line, get some booksmarts and learn some other languages!!!
Fallosophy
03-23-2005, 11:58 AM
thanks guys lol. but it was cleared up in liek the 5th post.
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
Wodan
03-23-2005, 01:11 PM
thanks guys lol. but it was cleared up in liek the 5th post.
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
really?
mkay...
but well try just english "K" + the "och" of "loch" if you want to say it on the correct way
Steve Andrews
03-23-2005, 01:25 PM
Its Koch, as in big donkey ****.
ibstolidude
03-23-2005, 01:36 PM
HOW the hell is this being debated? the man above posted a link the HK website that even offers a sound clip.
Swedish Chef
03-23-2005, 02:38 PM
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
Why on earth would you like to ****ounce it the wrong way, especially after several people here took their time to educate you?
VaLiancY
03-23-2005, 04:15 PM
I say Coke.
CQB_Operator
03-23-2005, 05:06 PM
Like in ****!!! ;)
Fallosophy
03-23-2005, 05:45 PM
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
Why on earth would you like to ****ounce it the wrong way, especially after several people here took their time to educate you?
are you serious? So you can accurately ****ounce EVERY single vocal sound from EVERY other language? man I salute you. On the official H&K page it describes the EXACT way to say it especially if you were a native german. However it also says for people unfamilier making that sound ie. americans, that "Coke" is perfectly acceptable. It isnt about dumbing down, it is simply about culture. It is easier for me to say "Coke" than it is to ****ounce the EXACT sound of that.
Fallosophy
03-23-2005, 05:45 PM
HOW the hell is this being debated? the man above posted a link the HK website that even offers a sound clip.
lol people are still debating ;)
Sepper
03-23-2005, 06:00 PM
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
Why on earth would you like to ****ounce it the wrong way, especially after several people here took their time to educate you?
Because this is America and we're always right.
:roll:
TacoDelRio
03-23-2005, 06:27 PM
Wait wait hold on...
is it "Heckler" or "Hicklur"?
;)
Wodan
03-23-2005, 07:35 PM
Wait wait hold on...
is it "Heckler" or "Hicklur"?
;)
just ****ounce it "Hitler and ****"
Fallosophy
03-23-2005, 08:33 PM
Final ruling: It is perfectly OK for americans to say "Coke"
Why on earth would you like to ****ounce it the wrong way, especially after several people here took their time to educate you?
Because this is America and we're always right.
:roll:
...<twitch>
the official H&K site says its ok to say "Coke"
that was established in the 5th reply.
shadower
03-23-2005, 08:39 PM
KOH
H like in happy.
Wodan
03-24-2005, 06:00 AM
KOH
H like in happy.
no... its Koch with the "och" of scottish "loch"
and if you are a pretty arrogant asshole you can say "****", ok? :D
DeltaWhisky58
03-24-2005, 06:20 AM
This has to rank as one of the most ridiculous threads ever on this forum. As previously stated, the controversy was cleared up once and for all in about the fifth post with a sound clip from the company themselves giving corect ****ounciation.
There is only one correct way to ****ounce "Koch" as in this sound clip (http://www.hkpro.com/koch.wav). If you can't get your tongue around the "CH" sounds (as in Loch), I suppose the closest is "Kock" - it certainly isn't "Kotch" and it isn't "Koke".
If you can't manage that, forgetget it - say H&K, it's easier and everyone knows what you're on about.
shadower
03-24-2005, 12:36 PM
Big deal litle bit more or less harder ****onciation like w and v.In my language we have only one way to ****aunce H(it is like in sound clip) and V as well other letters so there is no mistakes and stupid questions.
seventy6er
03-24-2005, 06:01 PM
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/images/avatars/147178840142186ad31b1a6.jpg
Who is she?
Steve Andrews
03-24-2005, 06:18 PM
Anna HecklerandKochnikova?
VaLiancY
03-24-2005, 06:33 PM
Anna HecklerandKochnikova? rofl
CMEPTb
03-25-2005, 02:55 AM
<------ Poor girl got some sand in her box :lol:
Dutchman2
03-25-2005, 05:44 AM
Damn, I've to find that pic :D ! Hahaha. BTW, Heckler and Koch is ****ounced as Heck- from "What the Heck?!"but then with -ler behind it; like Heck-ler. And the K from Koch is ****ounced like the C in ****, and the 'och' like in Lochness. Train it by saying Cochness :D . But it's hard to say for almost every country exept Germany, Belgium and Holland :D
Wodan
03-25-2005, 07:23 AM
Damn, I've to find that pic :D ! Hahaha. BTW, Heckler and Koch is ****ounced as Heck- from "What the Heck?!"but then with -ler behind it; like Heck-ler. And the K from Koch is ****ounced like the C in ****, and the 'och' like in Lochness. Train it by saying Cochness :D . But it's hard to say for almost every country exept Germany, Belgium and Holland :D
and austria, and switzerland, and alsace-lothringen in france, and southern tirol in italy, and luxembourg, and lichtenstein, and for the amish and mennoniten all over the world, and....
:lol:
FozzieBear
03-25-2005, 09:36 AM
its said as coch with a bit of nose in it... its the same as a welsh word too :P
Seraphim
03-25-2005, 03:56 PM
And why are you all still debating on this?
Fallosophy
03-26-2005, 01:39 PM
hahaha this makes me laugh so hard.
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