“Koch” is pronounced “coke,” not “cock” or “Koch” as in “Ed Koch”. I realize this greatly reduces the number of excellent jokes that can be made, so if you would like to continue using the word “Koch” as substitute for “cock” in jokes, feel free.
As someone who lived in the same state with the rat bastards for 24 years, I felt that I should do what I could to ensure that any mocking of those fuckface douchebags’ name accurately reflected its pronunciation.
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as a denizen of the State that they have declared ground zero for their current tactics of destruction, I am refusing to pronounce it any way other than “Kock”; even knowing full well the ‘proper’ pronunciation. Of course, I also spell it that way, just to be humorless and obnoxious about it.
Actually, though, living in a region with many Germanic descendents bearing that name, it is not unusual to hear it pronounced “cock”. A local blues musician, for example, Greg Koch, pronounces it that way. I would guess it doesn’t have the same impact in German.
I also suspect The Kock Brothers are, like so many other libertarians, sniveling over-sensitive wieners.
The Koch comes from Dutch heritage, which is pretty close to German in pronunciation. The assonance – HAH – is certainly with “cock” although the “ch” is sadly a kind of back-of-the-throat lizardese noise rather than the oh-so-satisfying “k” sound.
So yeah, they pronounce it “coke” because “Cohkh” is pretty embarrassing.
See also Bruce Cockburn.
Well, Koch Whore is still a good pejorative.
She’s cranky!
She’s cankly!
Her big hands,
Will spank me.
I’m getting in the way!
Oooga booga!
they are still pretty whiny for billionaires.
Look, if I had billions of dollars, you could call me “Goatse” for all I would care.
Along those lines, digby reports on a WSJ op-ed from a Kock:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/koch-dreams.html
Pretty whiny for a superman.
I used to work at a pharmacy, so I and my co-workers were always calling out names as prescriptions were ready, or if the pharmacist had a question (this predated HIPAA privacy rules by, like, eons). Of course we didn’t always know how to pronounce the names, so one day when the prescription of one Mrs. Fuchs was ready, my co-worker paused, then shrugged, then called out “Mrs. Fucks!” Mrs. Fuchs was grumpy about it. “FYOOSH!” she hissed. I think I would have just simpled things up by changing my name to Fuschia.
Or perhaps she should have insisted on her hyphenated name. Mrs Fuchs-Lauter.
B^4, that brought a fucking tear to my mannish eye.
Larkspur–LOL. I have one of those weird Germanic names that makes no sense, but at least it’s not anything dirty if you mis-pronounce it.
Also, that’s my dentist’s name.
Douchebag is not good enough.
I prefer “cum infected piss-bubble douchenozzles.”
And fuck Koch and anyone who looks like him.
Ha ha banana cake photo, who’s the tough guy now! Fuching sponge more like it!!!
I will happily use the pronunciation “COKE” when referring to “Koch whores” such as Scott Walker (or Ohio Goobernator John Kasich).
However, when it is time to refer to “Koch suckers” (such as Scott Walker and John Kasich), then the alternative pronunciation springs into place.
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I also know the proper pronunciation of Boehner. I just never use it.