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How do you pronounce Porsche?
02-08-2008, 09:56 PM
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Stefan
02-08-2008, 10:13 PM
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02-08-2008, 11:14 PM
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It's not 9-9-6 or 9-1-1. There's a tradition in naming/pronouncing the models that new Porsche owners frequently ignore. For those of us who have been around awhile, the naming/pronunciation convention goes something like this (in no particular order):
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
Last edited by VGM911; 02-09-2008 at 12:13 AM.
02-08-2008, 11:31 PM
#142
It's not 9-9-6 or 9-1-1. There's a tradition in naming/pronouncing the models that new Porsche owners frequently ignore. For those of us who have been around awhile, the naming/pronunciation convention goes something else (in no particular order):
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
02-08-2008, 11:55 PM
#143
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It's not 9-9-6 or 9-1-1. There's a tradition in naming/pronouncing the models that new Porsche owners frequently ignore. For those of us who have been around awhile, the naming/pronunciation convention goes something like this (in no particular order):
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
My God, I must have too much time on my hands to be writing another post on this subject....
BMW and Mercedes follow the Porsche naming/pronunciation convention outlined above:
EXAMPLES (BMW)
Three twenty-eight
Three eighteen
Three thirty-five
Five forty
Five fifty-five
Seven sixty
Etc, etc, etc.
EXAMPLES (Mercedes)
SLK two-thirty
SLK three-twenty
E three-twenty
E four-thirty
CL fifty-five AMG
CL five hundred
Etc, etc, etc.
Last edited by VGM911; 02-09-2008 at 12:14 AM.
02-09-2008, 12:08 AM
#144
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It's not 9-9-6 or 9-1-1. There's a tradition in naming/pronouncing the models that new Porsche owners frequently ignore. For those of us who have been around awhile, the naming/pronunciation convention goes something else (in no particular order):
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
EXAMPLES:
Three fifty-six
Nine twelve
Nine eleven
Nine sixty-eight
Nine twenty-four
Nine forty-four
Nine fourteen
Nine twenty-eight
Following that tradition, the newer ones are pronounced as follows:
EXAMPLES
Nine ninety-three
Nine sixty-four
Nine ninety-six
Nine ninety-seven
Nine eighty-six
Etc, etc, etc.
Model - How I pronounce it:
944S2 : I call it: 9-4-4 S2, or sometimes just 'fourty-four
914 : Teener.
964/993/996 : nine-six-four, nine-nine-three, nine-nine-six
911 : nine-eleven
356: Three-fifty-six
Cayenne: Pepper-vagon
Boxster: Nine-eight-six or nine-eight-seven
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02-09-2008, 12:36 AM
#146
Of course I'm generalizing, but do pic up a season of the Sopranos and you'll see what I mean. Mozzarell, capicol, fanuc ...
I just gave the tip-of -the-iceberg of examples. Yes, I generalized and it's borderline
02-09-2008, 08:17 AM
#148
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Eh, Paesan - oh sorry, Paesano ... I guess our relatives came from the same village in Italia. They taught us how to pronounce Italian words properly.
Of course I'm generalizing, but do pic up a season of the Sopranos and you'll see what I mean. Mozzarell, capicol, fanuc ...
I just gave the tip-of -the-iceberg of examples. Yes, I generalized and it's borderline
Of course I'm generalizing, but do pic up a season of the Sopranos and you'll see what I mean. Mozzarell, capicol, fanuc ...
I just gave the tip-of -the-iceberg of examples. Yes, I generalized and it's borderline
Mozzarel, Rigot instead of Ricotta, Capicol, etc.... (they also drag out the last consonent as in Mozzarellllllll)
I live in the Suburbs and hear my Italian and wannabe-Italian neighbors butcher these words constantly.
It seems to be their way of making themselves sound more cultured or more Italian than the next guy, kind of like Starbucks, Tall, Grande, or Venti, I just say small, medium, or large plain coffee please.
In fact, I used to bust on Strarbucks when I would pull up in my Z06 or Mustang and order, I'd say to myself, if I ever pull up in a Porsche I'll say those words.
Well, guess what???
I still can't do it!!!!
Porsche guys get such a bad rap, especially the ones that say Porsha....
"Not that there's anything wrong with that"
The difference here is, Porsche guys like myself who say Porsh and lop off the last syllable seem to be doing it to be more humble and draw less attention to the fact that we are able to drive such a fine automobile in a normal society.
Maybe if I lived in a VERY WEALTHY area I would not feel inclined to drop off the last syllable.
I'll be alot of us can agree with the above statement.
WOW, sometimes I amaze myself with my tact and wisdom.
Howard
02-09-2008, 09:17 AM
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On the Italian/Soprano's thing, I love the word "Gabagool." It's a botch of "capicola" a cold cut meat.
02-09-2008, 09:30 AM
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I hear "Gabagool" around here alot too.
I often wonder how things like this start, my theory is....
Somebody years ago started making fun of or liked the way somebody botched the word, then others jumped aboard and started doing it.
Before you know it, there is a new pronunciation.
I think this is how accents in different parts of the country started.
Go to New York, Boston, Texas, or even Philadelphia and listen to different words.
Growing up in Philadelphia it was years before I stopped saying Eggs like AYGS, or legs as LAYGS after I moved to the Suburbs and people constantly corrected me.
Howard
I often wonder how things like this start, my theory is....
Somebody years ago started making fun of or liked the way somebody botched the word, then others jumped aboard and started doing it.
Before you know it, there is a new pronunciation.
I think this is how accents in different parts of the country started.
Go to New York, Boston, Texas, or even Philadelphia and listen to different words.
Growing up in Philadelphia it was years before I stopped saying Eggs like AYGS, or legs as LAYGS after I moved to the Suburbs and people constantly corrected me.
Howard