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How do you say Porsche?
02-24-2006, 01:05 PM
#46
I actually think the most reasonable solution is for the Porsche family to change their last name to Porsch or, to make it even easier Porsh. Then we wouldn't have trouble with that second syllable arguing whether it's Porsha or Porshaw or whatever.
Actually I don't think they care at all what you call it as long as you keep the checks coming.
Actually I don't think they care at all what you call it as long as you keep the checks coming.
02-24-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
What I want to know is why English speakers began to mispronounce it in the first place? It's not like Porsch-eh is difficult at all to pronounce. Was it purely out of ignorance?
Think about it.
02-24-2006, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by boolala
I actually think the most reasonable solution is for the Porsche family to change their last name to Porsch or, to make it even easier Porsh. Then we wouldn't have trouble with that second syllable arguing whether it's Porsha or Porshaw or whatever.
Actually I don't think they care at all what you call it as long as you keep the checks coming.
Actually I don't think they care at all what you call it as long as you keep the checks coming.
See? One bastardization of the english language right there that has become common - Same with americans spelling 'colour' without the 'u'.
Sorry to single you out boolala
02-24-2006, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
It would be interesting to know if PCNA had always mispronounced it, and if they were corrected by German nationals (or if not, at the very least they would have heard it pronounced correctly), why did they persist in the mispronunciation?
And it's not a problem unique to Americans. The Brits mispronounce it too! As well as all other English speaking peoples, presumably.
02-24-2006, 04:11 PM
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Why do we, Americans, say "Z" instead of "Z-ed" like the rest of the world?
Por-sche = 2 syllables
What's bad is I have seen it spelt wrong as well such as "Porche" and "Porsch"
Listen to how it's pronounced in this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3740&q=porsche
Por-sche = 2 syllables
What's bad is I have seen it spelt wrong as well such as "Porche" and "Porsch"
Listen to how it's pronounced in this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...3740&q=porsche
02-24-2006, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by tetzlafh
Why do we, Americans, say "Z" instead of "Z-ed" like the rest of the world?
In English, as we all know, the letter Z is pronounced "zee". Are you saying that non-English speakers when trying to pronounce the letter Z in English will say "zeed"? ... But you're not trying to say that Brits (a group of non-Americans in the rest of the world) pronounce Z "zeed" are you?
02-24-2006, 05:02 PM
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Yeah in Germany Z spoken in English is "zeed". I don't know...I do know first time i heard it I was confused! Don't the Brits say "zeed" as well?
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02-24-2006, 06:01 PM
#56
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Originally Posted by OCBen
So for those who pretentiously insist on pronouncing it the way the name is supposed to be pronounced, they are WRONG when they pronounce it Por-Sha. If they truly want to pronounce it correctly they would be saying Por'-sheh, as in the videos of Germans pronouncing the name correctly. And as SoulTeacher had first pointed out in this thread.
02-24-2006, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by icon
man! all these posts and not one mention about the way i manhandled my cgt up that mountain! i'm really hurt ben!
02-24-2006, 06:15 PM
#58
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Originally Posted by OCBen
I was taking you at your word that you were pronouncing Porsche the way the Germans do, which we've heard via a vid earlier in this thread.
