Pronunciation of "PORSCHE"
08-27-2007, 12:43 AM
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Like I asked earlier, "does anyone know how to pronounce 'adidas'" or not? I guess not 
08-27-2007, 09:35 AM
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08-27-2007, 09:42 AM
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Well Howard,
I guess we can agree to disagree. Your points are well taken but I must stand by my position that Porsche is a family name. It is also the brand name but I still feel that it is respectful to at least try to use the proper pronounciation if one has the phonetic capbility. I am not implying that you don't, but it is still my position that correct pronounciation is appropriate brand or not. Anyway, let's just leave it as a couple of guys that own great cars and may choose to refer to them in more than one way.
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I guess we can agree to disagree. Your points are well taken but I must stand by my position that Porsche is a family name. It is also the brand name but I still feel that it is respectful to at least try to use the proper pronounciation if one has the phonetic capbility. I am not implying that you don't, but it is still my position that correct pronounciation is appropriate brand or not. Anyway, let's just leave it as a couple of guys that own great cars and may choose to refer to them in more than one way.
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Darren
08-27-2007, 12:48 PM
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You have a funny kid.
08-27-2007, 08:06 PM
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Actually, A.D.I.D.A.S. is a song by rock/metal group Korn release in 1996. So that could be it.
I was referring to the German company, Adidas. I always incorrectly pronounced it "a-DEE-duss."
The correct pronunciation is: (AH-dee-dass, emphasis on the first syllable)
Also, "Braun" is pronounced like the English word brown.
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I was referring to the German company, Adidas. I always incorrectly pronounced it "a-DEE-duss."
The correct pronunciation is: (AH-dee-dass, emphasis on the first syllable)
Also, "Braun" is pronounced like the English word brown.
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12-14-2007, 01:45 PM
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I'm very late to this party, but I wanted to add that I once saw a classified ad in which the seller had a typographical error. He spelled it "Porache." Ever since I read that I can only say "Porache" and think of it as a Mexican sports car. Si Senor, the mariachi band play for mi Porache.
12-14-2007, 03:22 PM
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So that would be Por-Ah-Chee? I like it!!
My wife and I have a friend from Peru who knows nothing of cars. When I got my C2 Targa she looked at it and said, "Carrera, Targa? It is Spanish, no?"
Well... I guess it's a Porache.. and yes, it's Latin.
My wife and I have a friend from Peru who knows nothing of cars. When I got my C2 Targa she looked at it and said, "Carrera, Targa? It is Spanish, no?"
Well... I guess it's a Porache.. and yes, it's Latin.
12-14-2007, 05:36 PM
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Yo necessito un Porache.
Me gusta los Poraches.
En un Porache, yo puedo encontrar las MILFas mas fina.
12-14-2007, 05:47 PM
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To the best of my knowledge - and the memory of my schoolboy German - the German language has no concept of "silent" letters. If the letter is there, come hell or high water, the Germans will say it!! By that reckoning a German will pronounce it "porsha".
However, how the rest of the World might choose to pronounce it has very little to do with German pronunciation rules. Hey, Americans and English can't agree on how to pronounce our own language - what right have we to insist on using the "proper" German way to pronounce Porsche.
Personally, I tend to use both - dependent on the company I am with. Most people will pronounce the word the way it would seem right in their own language - and in English the last "e" would be silent and to pronounce it as "Porsha" in a general setting would seem to be, as stated above, a little snobbish. In a Porsche environment, however - be it club, dealer, garage etc. - I would be inclined to say it in what I believe to be the "proper" way - as the Germans do.
There - I'm sitting firmly on the fence!!!
Regards
Dave
However, how the rest of the World might choose to pronounce it has very little to do with German pronunciation rules. Hey, Americans and English can't agree on how to pronounce our own language - what right have we to insist on using the "proper" German way to pronounce Porsche.
Personally, I tend to use both - dependent on the company I am with. Most people will pronounce the word the way it would seem right in their own language - and in English the last "e" would be silent and to pronounce it as "Porsha" in a general setting would seem to be, as stated above, a little snobbish. In a Porsche environment, however - be it club, dealer, garage etc. - I would be inclined to say it in what I believe to be the "proper" way - as the Germans do.
There - I'm sitting firmly on the fence!!!
Regards
Dave
Hello!
We have something like silent letters. There is a silent "h". In the word "Schuhe" (boots) or "Wohnung" (apartment) you do not hear the h.
Nevertheless Porsche is mhm pronounced like its written
If I had to write it in english like an amerikan would pronounce it I would also wrtie Porscha. And the "a" at the end is like the "a" when you say "a bike". Not like the "a" in " a, b, c,.."
Hard to write.... I hope you know what I mean.
Besides - german is my mothertounge and I find some english words hard to pronounce