Coupe: Difference between revisions

* {{IPAc-en|k|uː|p}} ({{respell|KOOP}}) – as a [[spelling pronunciation]] when the word is written without an accent.<ref name=oed/><ref>{{citation |contribution=coupé |url= https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coupe |title=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster |access-date=30 August 2020}} and pronounced as one syllable.</ref> CommonlyThis usedis the usual pronunciation and spelling in the United States,<ref>{{cite web|title=Porsche Actually Made a Video on How to Pronounce Its Name|url= https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/a31871/porsche-actually-made-a-video-on-how-to-pronounce-its-name/ |website=roadandtrack.com|date= 9 December 2016 |access-date=13 April 2018}}</ref> thiswith changethe startedpronunciation toentering occurAmerican graduallyvernacular beforeno [[Worldlater Warthan II]]1936<ref>{{cite book|first=Henry L. |last=Mencken |year=1936 |title=The American Language |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169487 |edition=4th |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169487/page/n369 347] |quote=I have... heard... coop for coupé |author-link=H. L. Mencken }}</ref> and featuresfeaturing in the Beach Boys' hit 1963 song "[[Little Deuce Coupe (song)|Little Deuce Coupe]]".