ronmart

Por Shhh or Por Shuh?

Which was is really correct?

How do you Germans out there pronounce it?

ElTorrente

Por Sha

Porshhhh is the way uninformed folk say it.

P-Nuts

The Germans say Por sh

Paul523

German mechanics will say: "You need somebody to fix your Porscch? Go find a carpenter."

JohnnyBahamas

It is a two syllable Germanic surname... other, more familiar yet totally infamous, examples include - Rommel, Gobbels, Goering, Doha, Himmler, Durritz, Gothe, etc.

Vancouver83LTD

How do i say it?
i vary back and forth.

ronmart

Me too. I mean to say Por shuh, but frequently forget.

Vancouver83LTD

I'm much better than I was

ltc

http://porsche.parkplacestores.com/p...rsche/789.html

Vintage

Interesting question. I am in the minority of people who say Por sh. The other pronunciation sounds too pseudosophisticated for me. No offense intended.

Soulteacher

How do we Germans pronounce it... Well, the problem is that we have a different pronounciation of the letter 'r'. The sound of the "Por-" pronounciation is probably closest to the English word "for". The second part of the name, the "-sche", is clearly spoken as a separate syllable and sounds almost like "****" without the "-t".

OCBen

This topic was beat to death in OT a couple weeks ago under the thread name "Can you say Porsche?"

https://rennlist.com/forums/off-topic/246533-can-you-say-porsche.html

texas911

On the Porsche commercials, they always pronounce it as two syllables.

USCHANDPOD

If you think Porsche is difficult try Jaguar

Jahg-wire
Jag-u-are
Jaguar

Good thing we have an easy one!!

OCBen

Now I know why the German speaking Ahnold pronounces beer as two syllables: bee-ah