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I wonder though: does the doctor say "cough-man" or "cow-fman"? If he's a German, I bet it's the latter (cf the verb kaufen, "to buy").
Nicht bin ich Deutscher.
I covered this not too long ago, but it might have been before you joined in this fray. I pronounce it the first way. Some of the people I know say it the second way. It doesn't bother me too much as long as they get the spelling right :-)