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Old 02-09-2010, 09:48 PM
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i know it's a Porsch-e two sylabals .. but sometimes I just get lazy .. like my typing ..
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Old 02-09-2010, 09:51 PM
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And there we have it, from "thisemun".
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Old 02-09-2010, 10:11 PM
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Just sitting here watch a "the Office" rerun. Michael Scott just said "Porsch-a"

"Beer me..."
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:40 AM
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"I hate how Bob Roll pronounces it: Tooor day Fraaaants."

Bob does that just to irritate the French & Frankophiles. Who can blame him?
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:53 AM
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And then there are the Bob Varsha pronuciations.

I hate em: "Ku-beet-sa" "Luh-Mah".

I prefer the David 'Obs pronunciations: "Fred Alonzo" et. al.
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bart1
I never correct anybody, but try to say "Porsche" in the conversation to hopefully correct them withoutsounding like a ****-retentive grammar ****.
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Old 02-10-2010, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rusnak
I knew a girl named Cindy Heuer once. She said it's pronounce "Hoy-er". So I call the watches Hoy-er now too but I don't know if that's right.

How do you guys pronounce Ruf?

I know a guy with the last name Brekke. He says "Breh-Kee", so I say the same. Even though in the back of my mind I suspect it's "Breh-kuh". Cause we don't say "Por-shee" ya know.
That is the correct pronunciation of Heuer. Ruf should sound like "roof". I don't think Brekke is a German name, it looks maybe Dutch or Norwegian.
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:59 PM
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who cares? They can call it a P-extension if they feel like it. I wouldn't correct anybody.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:20 PM
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This thread should be moved to the 997 forum. "I'm just say'n"
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:56 PM
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what about Gouda?

I have a friend who goes $%^&* if you use a hard G - she lived in Holland for many years - BUT another woman I know could care less - she is Dutch
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:00 PM
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"Gu-Duh" is prounounced "Joo-Duh" by the Dutch? I always think about cheese when I think of nether regions.
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:45 PM
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A friend of mine pronounces Porsche as "Dubbie".

Doesn't bother me because he drives a Merc, which is pronounced "taxi"...
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Old 02-11-2010, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mikey_audiogeek
A friend of mine pronounces Porsche as "Dubbie".

Doesn't bother me because he drives a Merc, which is pronounced "taxi"...
As in Vee Dubbie? oooohhh that is just coldddd!
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Old 02-12-2010, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by theiceman
i never correct people ,,when you do it makes you sound like a dick ..
I agree with theiceman.
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Old 02-12-2010, 12:13 AM
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Born and spent years outside Stuttgart, but never feel the need to correct. You know how to say it.

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