"Conch" with a hard k or "conch" with a soft "cha"

[GrierHPharmD]

Hmmmmm. I've been eating a lot of conch ceviche too...

 

[SueMermaid]

O.K. my friend, warning do not confuse eating concha, to eating cho---. , although in Argentina concha is synonym to cho---!

:11: I'll never make that mistake, to be sure! :laugh:

I did once order "la polla" at a restaurant in Spain. I don't know if that is just a slang word in Spain or whether it's general Spanish, but it doesn't mean chicken! Not a good thing to ask the waiter for. :blush:

 

[GrierHPharmD]

Its more like "he has a huge conk" or "what a weird shaped conk", nose is typically used for your examples. However i have no idea where conkers came from (horse chestnuts - no idea if you know what i am talking about though).

Look at the conk on that guy! It's almost a salchichon!

(Could it be that these two threads are merging - say is isn't so!)

 

[simbrooks]

Look at the conk on that guy! It's almost a salchichon!

(Could it be that these two threads are merging - say is isn't so!)

Very good use of that noun - i have never used the word (nor seen in real life) conch, but i have used conk before.

 

[GrierHPharmD]

Well, Simon, we'll just have to share some cracked conch and a beer or several after the reef cleanup...

 

[scubadobadoo]

I have created a monster!

 

[tracker]

Okay, I grew up in Florida and was taught in Marine Bio. class that Conch was pronounced with a hard K sound on the end. My friend from Cleveland swears it is Conch with a soft ending like "cha." Make sense? Solve this issue. What's your opinion? My Grand Cayman book states "Conch is pronounced with a hard K sound." Maybe both are correct? :06:

Always thought it was pronounced as "konk", but maybe it depends on where you are from. Just a thought.

 

[tracker]

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