Calling Poche

[EcceQuamBonum]

Dear Poche,

Several of us realized in another thread (http://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=418.0) that we actually have no idea how to pronounce your name.

So, how do you pronounce it?

Meanwhile, everyone else feel free to conjecture wildly.


Yours, etc.
EQB

[TerrorDæmonum]

Dear Poche,

Several of us realized in another thread (http://www.suscipedomine.com/forum/index.php?topic=418.0) that we actually have no idea how to pronounce your name.

So, how do you pronounce it?

Meanwhile, everyone else feel free to conjecture wildly.


Yours, etc.
EQB

I always thought it near to the English word "posh".

It is a French word.

[Eliza]

I've always thought it to be, "po-chay", with emphasis on the "po".

[TerrorDæmonum]

Here is my citation:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fr-poche.ogg

[Pheo]

I always thought it near to the English word "posh".

It is a French word.

Same.  It's French for 'pocket,' and Poche seems to be a bit of a polyglot.  If that's what it is, it's pronounced something like "paush."

[TerrorDæmonum]

I always thought it near to the English word "posh".

It is a French word.

Same.  It's French for 'pocket,' and Poche seems to be a bit of a polyglot.  If that's what it is, it's pronounced something like "paush."

I posted a link to a French dude pronouncing it earlier.

I am not French, although I know some of it, and when it comes to French, I do not generally adhere to strict French phonology in English, so I think "posh" is a reasonable Anglican form of it.

And in case it is not a French word, just spelled like one, I sincerely apologize for ever associating someone with French unjustly.

[EcceQuamBonum]

I always thought it near to the English word "posh".

It is a French word.

Same.  It's French for 'pocket,' and Poche seems to be a bit of a polyglot.  If that's what it is, it's pronounced something like "paush."

Of course!  So much for wild speculation.   

[Kaesekopf]

Posh, with a long o.

[tmw89]

bump

[Gottmitunsalex]

I always thought it was pronounced powsh. the o as in Low (?l?). Powsh

Kinda sounds German like "pulsating". "Pochen"

[Penelope]

In my head, I've been pronouncing it "poach," like what you might do to an egg. That's probably not the correct pronunciation.

[tmw89]

In my head, I've been pronouncing it "poach," like what you might do to an egg. That's probably not the correct pronunciation.

Great minds.

lol, I always pronounce it mentally as "poach."  It's definitely not supposed to be pronounced that way, but... oh well.

[Penelope]

Ha, well, would you look at that.

[Francisco Suárez]

Word: poche

http://www.forvo.com/word/poche/#fr

[tmw89]

Ah, but does HE pronounce it that way?  That's what I think we're wondering about.