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I've known multiple people with the last name spelled Koch. One pronounced it "Coke", one "Cook", one "Cock", and one "Cahch".


Dialects and accents really make this kind of difference very pronounced.

In Edinburgh, Scotland, there is "Cockburn Street". Which is pronounced co-burn. Other good examples trip up tourists, such as Buccleuch Street which is pronounced "Buck-Loo".


My favourite street name in Edinburgh is "Horse Wynd", unfortunately not pronounced the comical way.


I also knew a Kock who pronounced it "Cuck", just to add to the list of pronunciations.




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