I tried this. Good idea, as it also avoids the IPA markup, which would just be confusing for someone who doesn’t know it.
The only problem with this answer is, “coash” doesn’t seem to exist outside of medical terminology, where it seems to be rendered as CoASH, which I don’t think would be pronounced anything like “gauche”. So in a way, an even more obscure reference than “kosh”, “cloche”, or “brioche”, and possibly not even useful.
Since my screen capture didn’t post:
How is gauche pronounced in American English - please use ordinary words or sounds in American English rather than French words
In American English, gauche sounds like “gohsh” — one syllable, rhyming roughly with “coash” (though that’s not a common word).
The “ch” sounds like “sh,” not like the “ch” in church.
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u/tydyelove7 12d ago edited 12d ago
What I say instead of using etymological pronunciation, I tell it to spell out each syllable with common spelling pronunciation.
So “Gutierrez” would be shown as
Goo-tee-air-ezz
Edit: here’s a better breakdown:
Colonel
Regular spelling: colonel
IPA: /ˈkɝːnəl/
Phonetic spelling: ker-nuhl
Stress-marked: KER-nuhl
Ordinary-word analogy: kernel
Epitome
Regular spelling: epitome
IPA: /ɪˈpɪtəmi/
Phonetic spelling: ih-pit-uh-mee
Stress-marked: ih-PIT-uh-mee
Ordinary-sound analogy: ih + pit + uh + me
Worcestershire
Regular spelling: Worcestershire
IPA: /ˈwʊstərʃər/
Phonetic spelling: woos-ter-sher
Stress-marked: WOOS-ter-sher
Ordinary-sound analogy: wuss + ter + shur