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I pronounce "Coq" with back of my throat to make it a bit different from the word "Cock". Try to emulate the French accent a bit, and it ends of sounding almost
by aeonik 2y ago
I pronounce "Coq" with back of my throat to make it a bit different from the word "Cock". Try to emulate the French accent a bit, and it ends of sounding almost like "Coke", but not quite.
That being said context matters too, I still refer to loading a round into a gun's chamber as cocking a gun.
I've never had an issue referencing the project's name in a professional environment, where most of my colleagues are unfamiliar with it.
- jhanschoo 2y agoIf you're willing to put a bit of time in phonology, English initial c/k is always aspirated (i.e. pronounced with a significant and sudden exhalation) and French initial hard c/k is always unaspirated. The one thing that can have you emulate the French pronunciation the most is by learning to pronounce initial k/t/p in an unaspirated way.
- bachmeier 2y ago> That being said context matters too, I still refer to loading a round into a gun's chamber as cocking a gun. There are multiple meanings of the term, but depending on where you grow up, there may only be one in common use. When I grew up, there was only one meaning of the word, similar to ass, even though that had alternative meanings.