TimC

Check the archives on this, but someone previously posted that in Excellence Was Expected [as I just noted that Jim noted] one of the Porsches remarked that it's correctly pronounced "Porsch" and that basically the Americans decided it should be "Porsh-a." He was not offended, and basically stated that anyone can call it whatever they want, so long as they buy the cars. I am still in search of a copy of this book to verify this (well, and to have it of course), by the way.

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Luke

I just call it a P car.

jim968

Bouncing in from another thread, be _very_ careful with how you pronounce "Fuchs," at least in polite company....

Jim,"Are those real Fuchs?"

Dave

I have heard the same thing, but also have not read it myself. I did however, see something a number of years ago on television, wherein a family member (Butzi IIRC) used the multi-syllabic version. It was the reason I changed my own pronunciation of the name.

Bryan

I pronounce it Porsh-uh and here's why:

A couple years ago, Mattel toys released the "Barbie Dream Porsche". It was a pink C2 cabrio I think, and the television commercial showed two girls putting a Barbie doll into the driver's seat and pushing it around and having a great time. The jingle was playing over the action, and the singer sure did lilt out "Barbie Dream Porsh-Uh" at the appropriate time. So if Barbie pronounces it that way, that's good enough for me.

Bryan

Lemon Yellow 87 n/a

Arent fuches pronounces "fewks"? I heard one dude say "foshes".. It took me a second to understand what he was talking about.

Thaddeus

IMHO:

It's Porsch-a (aspirated 'a');
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AND AUTHORITATIVELY SPEAKING:
Godot, as in the play Waiting for Godot, is pronounced God as in deity, oh. I heard the playwright say it that way on a documentary thing on PBS. Heck, I was saying Guhdoh for years...

I was put in mind of that play by the gauge pods. "Are they here yet?" "No, perhaps tomorrow..." etc. etc.

Thaddeus