Rob519

Yes I am embarrassed to ask. Here I am trying to buy one and I am not sure what to ask for. How do you pronounce the name of the car? I have heard both from those I thought should know. "Porsche" or with the "ah" sound on the end.
Rob

Jay H

Rob:

Yes, Porsche is pronounced with the "ahh" sound. It's a two sylable word.

Good luck in your car search,
Jay
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schford

Is it just me or is it pronounced just plain old porsche without the ahhh in the UK?

hitbyastick

It's german right? And so it should be pronounced the german way whereever you are right? Well me being all german, I can tell you that it's with the ahh sound in the end. Plus it make it sound so more exotic

adrial

Whatever floats your boat...I switch back and forth between them. Porsche-ahh sounds much more snobbish IMO, so when I tell someone what kind of car I have, I usually say Porsche...no Ahh..

Maybe its cause I don't have a "real" Porschahhh that I don't think its all that important among friends?? hahahha...

When trying to impress and when calling to buy it, its always Porschahhh...

Mike hachey

Very similar to Ferrari. Tifosi will pronounce it as if it had a "D" in it,Fedarreh. Here in Canada it's a Ferrari. Porsche very similar, Dr.Porsche and his family would have been introduced "PORSCHE-AH",but like Chevy,It's a Porsche no AH..........EH. Mike. <img src="graemlins/sleep.gif" border="0" alt="[sleep]" />

Laurent

Germans might correct me on this, but I have taken some german courses a while back, the "e" is pronounced not "ahhh" but rather something resembling "é" or "eh", but not quite... It has been deformed a bit to commonly sound ahh.

Weird stuff : in french, it has allways been simple porsche as in Porsch. I guess we don't even try to pronounce it the german way ha!

none of us will probobly ever get it quite right.
How ever you prononce it, porsch, porsch"eh" or porsch"a" our engines all speak the same language - vroooooom!

Speedraser

I believe Laurent's explanation of the German pronunciation is correct. I say "Porscheh" because it is as close to "right" as I can figure out. IMO, "Porsch" sounds more snobby -- on TV shows, the actors seem to say "Porsch" when they are trying to show off. So I'll stick to "Porscheh," which should never be wrong.

richard glickel

"PORSCHAH"

Ray 911S

While we have the native German speakers' attention, how about the correct way to say Fuchs? I've been told that contrary to the USA "Fukes" as in pukes, the correct pronounciation is "*****" as in books.

R.

emcon5

This appeared on the 911 mailing list last year. The author is Keith V from <a href="http://www.rsamerica.net/" target="_blank">http://www.rsamerica.net/</a>

[quote]Irrespective of how the thousands of individual "Stuttgart made German sportscar" fans/owners/admirers/language experts worldwide think "Porsche" should be pronounced, either as a one or two syllable word ...

remember it is not just a word, but a family name and Peter Porsche chooses to pronounce it as a two syllable word ending in the phonetic "uh".

I think it is highly unlikely that members of his family would pass their own name down from generation to generation "incorrectly".

How do I know this? what makes me so knowledgeable? ...... because I personally asked him that very question at PCA Parade in Sacamento.

Maybe some of the people who profess to be officianado's and linguists should consider helping the man out by writing to him and pointing out to him that he is mispronouncing his own family name?

I'd say the family members have the last word ...... wouldn't you? ;o)

Respectfully (but with a little tounge-in-cheek!)

Keith V.<hr></blockquote>

Tom

Adrian

Oh dear not again.
There is no correct or incorrect way to pronounce Porsche. There is more than one version of German. It doesn´t matter how you pronounce it as long as the person hearing it understands what you are talking about.
I happen to live in German speaking land and I hear many different versions depending upon the dialekt being spoken. The most common pronounciation down this way is Porscheh, said in one breath (Austrians). You will also hear, Porsch, Porscha, Porsch-sha, Porsch-shuh etc etc. Who really cares. As for the Porsche family themselves, they also say it differently and depending upon whose book on a Porsche family member you read they also say something different. For the original pronounciation you will have to travel to what is now the Czech Republic, visit the village of the Porsche family and hear how it is said there. I am also certain that this has also changed in the 100 plus years since Ferdinand Snr left home and pursued his famous career. If anyone says you are saying it wrong, just smile and ignore them. Tell them to come visit the various german speaking lands and let them tell these people they are saying it wrong. Should be good for a laugh,
Ciao,
Adrian
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Sean Hamilton

Well, whenever I see one coming the other way,
I say "ahh...Porsche!"

Mr Michael B

I personally had a conversation with a nice young man last year (Porsche Parade 2001)...

He asked if the 911 in the background was my car (Parade concours winning C2 turbo)...

I responded w/ a "yes," and then he went on to tell me that HIS DAD had a hand in designing the darn thing...

He then introduced himself as "Mark Porsche" (said as a two syllable word).

My family & I sat down & spent some time with him afterwards. Great guy (drives a VW as a daily driver!), superb family.

rayjay...'80SC

If your mechanic pronounces it as a one-syllable word, he charges in the neighborhood of $60/hr. Two-syllables kicks it up to $85.