View Poll Results: PORSH or Por-SCHA
PORSH
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14.79%
Por-SCHA
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PORSH or Por-SCHA (pronunciation Poll)
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To me, listen to how they pronounce the brand in Coochas' video. Patrick Stewart says it best I think.
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
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To me, listen to how they pronounce the brand in Coochas' video. Patrick Stewart says it best I think.
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
Nice vid...Do you think Porsche released it knowing everyone mis-pronounced the name?
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I am shocked that this many have voted for the "single syllable" yet we see an overwhelming trend towards the correct way of saying it.........
I know some will argue, but we all love are cars and each one of us has a right to say what we will. I know the air-cooled think only old school "real" porsche owners can be right, but some of us are old school porsche lovers even if we couldn't get our cars for several decades after falling in love....... and yes, we chose water over air.
Cheers to all who love these great cars, I admire those who stand firm against the wind and say it how they feel..... no matter how wrong it is
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To me, listen to how they pronounce the brand in Coochas' video. Patrick Stewart says it best I think.
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
http://coochas.com/porsche/Resources...eKnowSoFar.wmv
Since one of my cats is named Picard, Patrick Stewart must be correct.
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Good to see a few are getting it right as i posted back in April.
https://rennlist.com/forums/5347075-post191.html
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I didn't vote because they're completely interchangeable.
I'm American but my surname is from Germany/Austria. When I meet German folks they pronounce my name quite differently than my US relatives do. My relatives have used the US pronunciation for 3 generations at least. Should I scold my relatives and say they're all wrong?
"It's a family name, it's not debatable"
Ha. This debate really cracks me up.
I'm American but my surname is from Germany/Austria. When I meet German folks they pronounce my name quite differently than my US relatives do. My relatives have used the US pronunciation for 3 generations at least. Should I scold my relatives and say they're all wrong?
"It's a family name, it's not debatable"
Ha. This debate really cracks me up.
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I am of Greman heritage on both sides of the family. In Greman it is spelled Krüger (with the umlaut) which translates to Krueger in English. Most people say KRU-ger (as in Freddy), but we prefer the German pronunciation which is KRE-ger and yes, I ALWAYS correct the pronunciation.
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Remember "young Frankenstien" where he calls himself "Fronkensteen" then Igor(EGOR) says its pronounced "I Gore"
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I agree. That u -umlaut sound has no English equivalent and you have to be a native speaker or trained in German to get it right. When you correct folks that say Kruger (like Freddy), are telling them to use the "e" sound instead of "u", or are you going into detailed instruction into how to form the umlaut with that distinctive, guttural German enunciation? If the latter, you're a more patient man than I.
So this illustrates my point. What's really the correct pronunciation of your name - or Porsche? I like the earlier example with the arrows on the map for the regional pronunciation. The arrow in Europe didn't just add an "-eh" syllable to the US pronunciation. Is sounded totally different.....guttural, German, really cool. If I walked into my Porsche dealer and tried to say it the way the German "arrow" did, laughter would break out.
So I think we're arguing over the way many Americans have said it for years (one syllable) vs. an attempted approximation of how we think a German would want us to say it (two syllables). What's the point?
No I wouldn't presume to do that.
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I agree. That u -umlaut sound has no English equivalent and you have to be a native speaker or trained in German to get it right. When you correct folks that say Kruger (like Freddy), are telling them to use the "e" sound instead of "u", or are you going into detailed instruction into how to form the umlaut with that distinctive, guttural German enunciation? If the latter, you're a more patient man than I.
Gary, I know that you were not presuming to tell me how my name should be pronounced, which is why I included the smiley.
That brings to mind a funny occurrence I had a few years back. True story.
I was buying something at a Dillard's department store and used a credit card for the purchase. When the nice looking young clerk returned my credit card she said:
Clerk: Thank you Mr. Kruger.
Me: It's pronounced Kreger.
Clerk: Are you sure? (obviously, not realizing what she was REALLY asking me)
(I looked at her name badge, saw Ms. Smith)
Me: I am positive Ms. Smythe.
Clerk: No, it's Smith.
Me: Are you sure?
Her eyes got really big and her face got red almost immediately because then she realized what she had asked me. She apologized profusely. I laughed and told her not to worry about it. I'll bet she never did that again!