whalebird

The last thing I want to do is sound like Alex Trubec(SP). All that fluent pronunciation crap. It's so pretentious - makes you sound like a dick.

theiceman

Okay so the Jury is in .....
Correct people and you sound like a pretentious dick !
If the pronouncinatrion bothers you then bring it up in casual conversation and pronounce it the way you think is right and move on ..

" are those original fooches on your porsh "

sig_a

Come to think of it, many who say "porsh" are anti-snob snobs. There's a whole lot of that out there, too. Could it be disaffected anglophiles peeved about the demise of MG, Triumph and the whole limey car industry?

Ed Hughes

That's a good point, many Brits make it a one syllable word, even those that have driven them in anger at race tracks.

ked

it's that whole London Blitz thing.

rusnak

Amen brother! + 1,000

theiceman

the limeys have a car industry ?

for those of you who watch "top gear".. you always see the pathetic attempts to throw a british car in whenever they can .. I mean they onl yhave one . the Aston MArtin . and it loooks woefully out of place when compared to other cars such as the GT3RS and the gillardo superlegra (sp)

I watched one last night and they had a race and all the "supercars" had one gallon of gas .. a maclaren, a Lambourghini, a ferrari, and a aston martin ?

theiceman

I'll have pronounciation for a thousand Alex ...

Cory M

Watch the Carerra Cup races, which I believe are produced by Porsche, Brit announcers and narrators and none of them pronouce the "e"

nick49

In about 1962 a friend of my mother bought a new 356 Coupe. Her friend's son had an earlier Speedster. These seldom seen cars were pleasing to the eye and refered to as a Porsch. Around the same time as a kid I had a slot car toy set that had a Porsch and Ferrari. And subscribing to Road and Track as a young teen, I recognized the awsome Porsch 904 that would pass by our house a few times.

My parents would correct my English all the time, if I used lay for lie, I for me and so on. To me it has always been a Porsch. I'm sure my dad, a college professor, Harvard grad, linguist that speaks and writes 7 languages including German whoul have corrected me if he thought I was mispronouncing something. So to my brother who has also owned 2 996s and had worked for the Porsche Dealer, and myself It will always be Porsch. I do however catch my brother slip on occasion and say Porsch-ah.

whiteNSXs

It's someones' surname. It is respectful to pronounce it correctly. It is not about being snobbish. It is about doing the right thing. In my line of work, I meet many new people a day and I greet them by addressing them correctly. When I come across a name that might be mispronounced by me, I simply politely ask. People need to be educated. By just walking around with a no respect attitude, to me, is a "dick" thing to do. I don't mind if one does not know how to pronounce it correctly, but REFUSING to pronounce right is just pompous. $0.02
Steve

ivangene

I have been in this debate before and even with some so called enthusists who (IMO) don't know how to say it?

I don't correct (anymore)

If they can't say it - I just refer to the cars by number, most of the time they know how to pronounce that

Argued about it before and simply said, watch a Porsche commercial, or call them on the phone. Do you think they are allowed to get it wrong! - now RUF is the same thing - don't get me started there!!!!

rusnak

Another Bob Varsha-ism: "Roo-Bins Badda-Kello".

What is Varsha, Indian? Maybe his name should be pronounced "BAR-Sha"

RJT

This should be the LAST and FINAL post on this subject!!!!!
We have met members of the PORSCHE family, and Peter Porsche introduced himself with his last name pronounced with TWO syllables...... NOT PORSH!!!

tr4guy

What amazes me is that over 1300 people have read this posting on how to pronounce a word!!!!!