Yes, agreed, what a movie star says goes ;-)

 

Porsche. Whose name is it?

If it was your name, and someone mispronounced it, you would politely correct them wouldn't you? Realist, if someone called you realast or reelust or whatever, would you care? Steve McQueen made movies intended to appeal to audiences of various background and social skill levels. Deliberate efforts to entice audiences of all backgrounds to identify with a character he portrayed resulted in dialogue reflecting erroneous speech patterns. I suspect that Steve McQueen knew the correct pronunciation of the Porsche family name, and if he really didn't care he is as guilty of a lack of respect as anyone else who aspired to the lowest state of awareness possible.

I can't believe that a person would deliberately mispronounce a language and then expect to communicate effectively and be respected by those speaking that language or anyone else, unless they were trying to impress everyone with their ignorance and contempt for others including themselves.

 

He said porsh and that's good enough for me.
He said there were weapons of mass destruction and that's good enough for me.
He said he didn't have sex with that woman and that's good enough for me.

Personally, nothing is ever good enough for me. I like to find out the truth.

 

Sheesh people. No one is intentially dissing our cars buy calling them Porsch's and I will gaurantee, bet you $1K, that ALOT of the people who mispronounce Porsche are smarter and more civilized than us. Maybe their priorities are just not arranged correctly around the correct pronunciation of a word.

 

McQeen, the "Steve" version. Coolest guy ever, on the planet............End of Story.

BTW, speaking of ignorance.........I can abide "Porsch" easier than I can abide "irregardless".........There are levels of ignorance, after all.

I like to pronounce the name correctly, but am not offended by those who don't. How can one be offended by ignorance, unless it is willful, which while rare, does occur.

 

Gretch I find your lack of offense at offensive actions inoffensive.

 

I think you meant "offensive" "ya" big oaf.

 

oh no i mean what i said :-)

 

Jim give me a call .. you in the new place yet?

 

Ron_H, I can't imagine what you would think of the Japanese and their inability to pronounce your first name! Does that make them all stupid? Ignorant? Disrespectful? I've spent a fair bit of time in Tokyo and can assure you that most there would like to communicate with you but would find it difficult to pronounce your first name and therefore would not even be trying to do it. As Jim_H points out, mispronouncing words like "libary", "sangwich", "irregardless", "suspension dampeners" are more indicative of ignorance than failing to maintain dozens of foreign accents while speaking English.

 

I have Japanese friends and most of them pronounce English words perfectly. In fact, I didn't speak English till I was 6 and then it was horrible till I was about 11. Same with my Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Xhosa, Chinese, Korean, German, French, Portuguese, Pakistani, Indian and Dutch friends. The worst destruction of the English language I have encountered has come from some very few Americans.

People in other cultures are usually trying to improve their English, while those I've met here with terrible grammar usually say it's their God-given right to say it as they please.

 

All that I can say is HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I didn't even catch that one.

 

Interesting inputs above...

But I actually had this contentious topic settled for me today by an honest-to-McGoodness-Professional-Porsche-Technician.

According to the expert, 911s and derivatives are to be correctly pronounced "POR- shah",
And 924s, 944s, and 928s are to be called "porsh."

He grinned and broke into a huge laugh as he explained this. Love it.

 

Holy thread ressurection batman!

ahhh: Normy, Viribusunits, Jim_H & Heinrich... not so much anymore...

Alan

 

lets just not show those shower pictures