Blah, blah, Enzo, blah...

I think I was in 5th or 6th grade when I was corrected (to the ego-decimating laughter of my grade school peers) that it wasn't Porsch-uh but Porsche.

You got any friends from way back that have changed their names but not to you? It was while others on the conference call today kept referring to my long-time friend Yani (yeah, like the cheezy 80's musician) as Calvin that I realized why I just can't bring myself to call my 928 a "porsh-uh".

So did Porsche create this controversy as a marketing ploy to gain attention?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqZK...ayer_embedded#

Or is it simply if you own the car you can call it whatever you want?

 

My philosophy; who really gives a **** how it's "supposed" to be said?

 

It's not Porsh-uh.............duh....It's pronounced almost as a lazy "a"...smoothly no need to emphasize it

Difficult to explain if you DO NOT speak more than one language. THEN you will have an understanding on how words are pronounced, THEN you won't have to post a stupid thread.

I still to this day correct people, maybe not so directly

 

Be less direct. Drop one, with a beer. Chillzilla.

 

Hard enough to explain to people that we have front porch and not a back porch.

 

You guys could try to find yourself some Porsche promotional videos in German language and listen to how they pronounce it...

 

Aha Nicole to the rescue...I lived in Germany for 2 years long ago..so I know the correct pronunciation

 

Might want to sell your Porsche and get a BMW you should have no problem with that one

'89 S4 GP White/Black
'76 912E Silver/Black

 

 

Even the pearl herself, Janice Joplin could say it right. And that's saying a lot!

"Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz. My friends all drive porsh-uhs, I must make amends..."

 

So who likes their name mispronounced?

 

Depends what Im paying her.

SuPERman, SuPAman...strong like ox...etc.




Im pretty easy over it.


-Geoffrey

 

Maybe she pronounced it right ... maybe she didn't ... she was singing "Porsches" which sounds the same either way, mispronounced or not, as a plural.

Interestingly, you'll rarely hear the German pronunciation in Australia ... except from Germans and some Europeans.

I don't care how someone pronounces it if they admire our cars.

 

How do you pronouce your name, Mr. Buyer?
If it's about snobbbbb, that is another issue. When it's about a person's name . . . you might feel differntly.

 

So where do you put your color burst?




(Sorry, techie humor...)