Its not Porsh-ah... its Porsh-e.
Pronounce the word POUR-SHED, now drop the 'D" in SHED, POURSH-E.

 

Really? Do you pronounce ballet balleT? or Gourmet GourmeT?
Or, as they say on top gear when someone mispronounces Porsche: ___shuh!

 

OK, minors excluded.

 

Finally, someone else got it right.

There's no "ah" in Porsche.

It's not one of your options.

 

Actually, there is a video of Dr. Ferry on here somewhere that has him speaking. He pronounces his own name as, "Porsh-eh"...not "Porsh-uh". It is after all...his name. I say "Porsh-uh". Bottom line...it is 2 syllables not 1. From the horses mouth. You pronounce the "E" in German.

2 cents...

 

I'm so confused now I do not know what to call it. Maybe AAA

 

pronunciation typically changes after ownership from Porsh - to Porsh-uh.

In Asia they say Porsh-ay

 

Need another option. How about: POR-scha (that's probably what you meant.)

 

I think because Americans are used to saying the one-syllable Porsh, when you as a Porsche owner say "Porsch-eh", it sounds like you are being a snob, correct or not!

If I use a valet (pronounced 'val-ay'), I would never say "It's the silver Porsch-eh", for fear of being considered a d*ck.

I guess it's all how you were brought up? I've always said it the incorrect way, so saying it the correct way makes me uncomfortable - which probably projects as being a snob.

 

Yes and Yes... I agree... but fundamentally is it two syllables or one

 

Without fear of (valid) contradiction, as a native speaker of German, it's two syllables. The nuance of the pronunciation isn't really given in the poll options, but the two syllable one is closer to being correct.

People won't think you're a snob if you pronounce Porsche correctly. They will if you act like one. Even if they did think you were a snob, so what? Any schmoe with $5k can find a 944 and be a Porsche owner. It's not like it's that hard to do.

-Michael

 

I was once at a meeting, a woman had on a name tag with "Margot" - I went over and introduced myself and was firmly corrected that the proper way to say her name was "mar-goT"!

Go figure.

 

I don't see the one syllable vs. 2 to be right vs. wrong, just short name vs. full name. It's like calling a Jaguar a Jag or a Chevrolet a Chevy. I know Porsche is a family name and all, but I don't think there is anything wrong with the short version. I use both. I do think their are a lot of people out there that don't know the proper pronunciation, but who really cares?

 

My luck would be that if her name tag said "Maggot" and I pronounced it "Mag-got," my luck she'd be French and I'd get b-tch slapped for sure.

 

I've got a buddy that has a pet peeve of people pronouncing "Jaguar" as Jag-wahr instead of Jag-u-ar.

Anyway, if my 5-year-old can pronounce Porsche properly, so can everybody else.