I swear I’ve heard the word “copse” pronounced with a long o in news stories etc. But I just stumbled upon one of those dictionary sites with the little sound files, after a discussion with some friends and family, one of them said both pronunciations were correct.
DAMNIT, it’s such an attractive little word pronounced the way I’ve long thought it was to be pronounced, the correct way is UGLY.
Hmm. I’ve heard several people say that word, and it has always sounded more like cope than cop. In fact I think I’d just give someone a blank look if they referred to a stand of trees by a word that sounded like they were talking about police officers.