How do you pronounce Cobra?

[GraXXoR]

EDIT:::: Change the world "cold" in the above poll to COB, COD, COG, COM, CON, COP, COT, COX...
It seems that some people in the UK pronounce COLD with a long-o....

I was watching David Braben in an interview and he said Cobra in the Cobra Graphics Engine as

'Kob-ra --- Kob as in "cod" or "complicated"

I've always pronounced the snake "Koh-bra" "Koh" as in "comb," "code" and "coke"
And the "bra" is more like the schwa reduced "ǝ" sound as the "i" in "April" or the final "a" in "Umbrella"

As a Brit expat. who's been out of the country for nearly 20 years, I'm just curious how you pronounce it.

 

[Yaffle]

/ˈkəʊbrə,ˈkɒbrə/

is the usual, which is koh-bruh (sort of).

But this is David's game, so he can say it anyway he wants.

 

[d8veh]

It's obvious that it's pronounced cobra!

 

[Conch]

this is something to ask Bran!!

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Brit' & coke.

 

[Alexei TND]

Nope - Rope
Danger - Noodle
Snek


oh you meant the ship?

 

[Karla]

The Germans have this all sussed out. This is why they have umlauts. It adds an e after the vowel. So if it was cöbra, or coebra then they know to pronounce it with a coe as in coke.

The north English and Scots are more likely to use coebra. In the same way the north west English say proeject or yoeghurt. The south English and also those with Received Pronunciation are more likely to pronounce the vowel like cob. You also see this with the word grass pronounces like grarss, path as in Parth whereas northerners are more likely to say paff.

 

[bitstorm]

I'm confused.

I am a Brit and I pronounce the co in cold and coke the same?

Isn't it cold vs cop/con/<filtered>/cot/cob/cod etc..

 

[willowfan]

Brit and absolutely nobody I know would ever pronounce it any other way than ... as in coke.

 

[Howe]

Speaking as a middle-class Surreyman, anybody that says "cob-ra" instead of "coh-bra" ought to be shot immediately.

 

[DocPossible]

I'd never noticed this but I call the snake a Cob Ra, but the beer a Coah Bra :O I think there's something wrong with me...

The ship is pronounced like the snake, obviously.


Also, OP, pronouncing cold as in condition (colled?) is a regional thing too, so to some people all 4 of your options are pronounced the same...

 

[Kyokushin]

/ˈkəʊbrə,ˈkɒbrə/

is the usual, which is koh-bruh

New aliens race confirmed. Koh-bruh means 'a one who came down the sky' in early Sumerian.

 

[BigBANGtheory [VR]]

BBC Radio 4 has language advisors and a programme called Word of Mouth you can ask

 

[Bobbydylan]

I pronounce coke and cold the same way.

 

[Krieger]

I pronounce Cobra as Ko-braah. But that's my dutch accent.


--edit: Here you can hear Google Translate pronounce cobra in english and dutch: https://translate.google.com/#en/nl/cobra

 

[Junky Juke]

I pronounce it in Italian... so that's uhmmm Cobra?

From Italian dictionary: ˈkɔbra

 

[Julio Montega]

I pronounce it like coke and bra.

 

[Cmdr Esteban]

I'm British-Australian (hold both passports but born and raised in Australia to British parents), and have caught myself using both pronunciations alternately at random.

But then sometimes I am a confused sort of chap.

 

[racer1]

I'm confused.

I am a Brit and I pronounce the co in cold and coke the same?

Isn't it cold vs cop/con/<filtered>/cot/cob/cod etc..

Me too...

I tend to say it co-bra rather than cob-ra.

 

[Karla]

I pronounce coke and cold the same way.

How do you pronounce code?