Just an FYI. 

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat) 03/01/2016 at 18:28 • Filed to: murica pls

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[CORRECTED]- A coop is the place where poultry reside. A coupé (with the E, that is not at all silent) is a two-door sloping body style.

For Sweden > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:32

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Then what is a Koup?

DrJohannVegas > For Sweden 03/01/2016 at 18:33

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Awful.

TheOnelectronic > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:34

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I’m actually surprised the british pronounce the e at the end, given that they seem so determined to de-frenchify words wherever possible.

Fillet pronounced as “fill-it,” “Lef”tenant, etc...

PorkchoPlissken > For Sweden 03/01/2016 at 18:36

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An idiotic attempt at something, though I’m not sure what.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:37

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Or coupe without the accent, for us Yanks.

My citroen won't start > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 03/01/2016 at 18:39

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Yes, you don’t need the accent, but you still pronounce the e

My citroen won't start > For Sweden 03/01/2016 at 18:40

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Something Kount’s Kustoms is probably responsible for.

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:40

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Also ‘coup’ is pronounced ‘coo’.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:40

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No, you pronounce it “koop” in traditional American English. A coup, like the military thing, is pronounced “coo" here.

Cé hé sin > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:42

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In Audi news, I used to have a Coupé like that.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:42

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That’s more of a liftback

BATC42 > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:42

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Oh yes. I absolutely hate hearing “coupe” (because a car is not a champagne glass, and said this way it means “a cut”) instead of “coupé”. It’s one of those little thing that annoys me way more than it should. Being French might not help the matter either though.

My citroen won't start > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/01/2016 at 18:45

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It is called “Audi Coupé”

facw > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:46

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Sorry here in America, we don’t pronounce the e, and snicker when we hear British people say it. Also we don’t pronounce the p in coup.

My citroen won't start > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 03/01/2016 at 18:48

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I know, it just happens that it shares writing with soup, which is basically how some people pronounce coupé, but with a c.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:49

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Since we are talking pronunciations,

Coo—what you said.

Coop—for chickens.

The closest thing to the common mispronunciation of coupe is therefore a house for chickens, not a rebellion.

My citroen won't start > facw 03/01/2016 at 18:49

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No one does, but you pronounce coupé like you do soup, but with a C.

My citroen won't start > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 03/01/2016 at 18:51

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You are right, I just used coup because it shares writing with soup, which is how americans pronounce coupé, but with a c.

NinetyQ > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 18:57

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We’ve been pronouncing “coupe” as “coop” since at least the ‘20s. I think you may be fighting a lost cause. Also, “ coupé” doesn’t even exist in America. The accent is absent.

I do think coupé sounds a bit more elegant, for what it’s worth.

NinetyQ > TheOnelectronic 03/01/2016 at 18:58

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That’s a good point. Huh.

lone_liberal > facw 03/01/2016 at 19:04

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The strange thing is that I’ve heard Humphrey Bogart pronounce the “e” in some of his old movies. As in, “he was in a yellow coo-pay”. I’m not sure if it was just him or if we just stopped pronouncing it that way.

-this space for rent- > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:05

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Odd choice of pictures, considering that coupe was more fit for chickens than people.

RallyWrench > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/01/2016 at 19:14

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They look that way, but have a miserable little trunk.

Birddog > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:23

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OK, what the heck is a Koup then?

Nauraushaun > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:27

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You mean one of these right? A coupe?

Fuck youuuuuuu Merecedes

facw > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:38

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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:42

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With out a B-pillar and therefore not acceptable. But I guess the car above does have a B-pillar...

That's gonna leave a mark! > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 19:59

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If this think breaks down in your back yard and you give up on fixing it and start to raise chickens in it, what would it be called then?

fhrblig > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 20:09

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No no, we know that. We just also know that it irritates you guys, so we’re going to keep on doing it. :P

Besides, ain’t it all those European manufacturers that seem to have forgotten how many doors a coupé is supposed to have? I think that is calling European credibility on the subject into question.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 20:23

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A coop, as in for chickens, is also the correct way to say “coupé” here in the US. If you were an American and you walked around pronouncing the “é” in coupé, you would not sound correct or smarter, you would sound like a dorky snob, like someone who insists on saying “boot” for trunk and “petrol” for gas because they watched top gear.

For the record, if that’s how your native country says these things, that’s perfectly fine and equally correct. It’s only when you go around trying to say it the way “opposite” the pronunciation your native country uses that you sound a bit silly.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > My citroen won't start 03/01/2016 at 21:17

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To Americans saying Coup-ay is snobbish, like saying Porsch=ah or Jaag-u-are. or sipping tea what isn’t cold, and full of sugar.

Nauraushaun > For Sweden 03/01/2016 at 22:06

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