Spodie!

I've always heard "*****" in my head whenever I've read the word.
I've also heard "Fox" is correct and even one guy who said "Few-ks".

I think I've finally found my G50 coupe and the thought just occurred to me that I don't know how to pronounce it.

Not that I truly care, but I don't want to sound like too much of a n00b when I dig into the details of the car with the owner and arrange the PPI tomorrow.

Thanks in advance.

r911

*****

might vary by region - e.g. Bavaria "Ish" vs. "Ik" for Ich...

Spodie!

Thanks.
I appreciate the info.

ulrichd

It rhymes with "looks".

rnln

just like fuse but ch instead of se

DARISC

books, brooks, hooks, cooks, looks, nooks, rooks, fuchs, (when referring in German to the animal [Eng. translation is "fox"]), Fuchs (when referring to the manufacturerer, who's trademark, stamped on the backside of the wheel, is a little fuchs (fox)).

Try an online German dictionary that has a button to push to hear the word spoken in German. Pronunciations may vary subtley in different parts of Germany perhaps - perhaps not, how often per haps I don't know.

racer

I vote for "few-ks".. doesn't sound as crass if mis-understood.. then again some say "porsch" instead of "por-sha".

randomhick35

as they say, if you can't tell, it don't matter...
for what it counts, i've only ever heard fewks, with the occasional *****. for my money its fewks, but whose to say? fuches is a title in german, and there is no english counterpart, so whatever you're saying IS in german. same with porsch-a. its all about the coinnotation and denotation. In english the coinnotation of porsche is porsche, whereas its true denotation is porsch-aa. Neither is truly 'correct' one is simply the common useage whereas the other is the literal, albeit academic definition and pronunciation. if you wanted to get complicated, i could tell you i just used connotation and denotation in a connatative sense, but lets not go there....

craiglwakefield

I don't know if this will work? this is a sound file.

http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oFe0RLU...word-fuchs.wav

If the above link doesn't work go to link below and the last file.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/914/files/

Tsunamiboy

DARISC

randomhick35 -

I refuse to allow coinnotation, and avoid detonatation (one dyslexical misspelling begets another .

theiceman

it's simple .. Porsche is a 2 sylable word... It is a proper name so saying it with one sylable is wrong.. I use one and two sylables interchangeably as I am not **** about it but my 8 year old uses 2 sylables consistently .... well what do ya know ..... he is more gramatically corect than I am ... no real surprise there though .... :-)

Peter Zimmermann

My "how to pronounce stuff" book says "Fewks." I worked with a guy once who called them "*****," but just about everyone that I know pronounces it the other way.
Pete

Kevin Michael

In my case it rhymes with "cakes".

DARISC

Caution - Curbs Can Certainly Crumble Cake (Calamity)

randomhick35

or even worse, fakes. nothing like a fake fuch...