You must not Mispronounce "Coup"

There is the story here of a poor guy who tried to say "coup" on radio (It is of course pronounced as "coo"). But in the excitement of the moment it came out as "coon". Not so bad, you might think. He did after all spot his slip in a split second and apologize immediately for it. Sadly, however, he was speaking at the time of Condi Rice.

He lost his job over it. Anybody who has ever had an embarrassing slip of the tongue would sympathize with him, I think.