View Poll Results: How do you pronounce Porsche?
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How do you pronounce Porsche?
#106
This thread is silly
Stefan (Richter)
#107
On second thought, this thread reminds me of a Saturday Night skit, where the newsanchor attempted to pronounce all foreign words in proper accent (best Spanish version of Puerto Rico, Russian of Moscow, German, ok Austrian of Wien). Sounded ridiculous.
My kids call my car "Sally", as in the "holy porsh" from the Disney movie Cars. I avoid saying Porsche for all the above reasons, and call the car a 911.
Stefan
My kids call my car "Sally", as in the "holy porsh" from the Disney movie Cars. I avoid saying Porsche for all the above reasons, and call the car a 911.
Stefan
#108
I had a great day driving in my Porsche.
I saw a guy behind me taking pics of the back end of the car on his cell phone at a light.
Being a cool Porsche owner, I pressed the button and raised the Rear spoiler for him and then lowered it.
He responded with a Big Thumbs Up.
Then, I was out buying a Special Tire Plug Kit for all three of my cars, especially for the Porsche and I ended up talking to a bunch of guys about the car, they were doing construction at the stoor next to the one I was at.
No matter how you say it, if you are a cool Porsche, people know it.
I love my Porsh
Howard
#109
P-CAR yoooooo
and if its a Volkswagen with a Porsche Engine, its VORSCHE!!!
and if you dont like Porsche's "Hey looks its a really expensive Volkswagen"
and i think its PORSCHA!!
and if your dumb "PORCHHE!!"
and if its a Volkswagen with a Porsche Engine, its VORSCHE!!!
and if you dont like Porsche's "Hey looks its a really expensive Volkswagen"
and i think its PORSCHA!!
and if your dumb "PORCHHE!!"
#111
Especially if they KNOW it's the wrong way. Don't you think? I mean, to me it's always been Porsh. I like the way it sounds and that's that!
#112
#113
You're right, in most places there's no "s" in Richter, but have you ever been in Dresden, Leipzig or Chemnitz? In Saxony people say "Rischter" and as there's one great Porsche factory in Leipzig, local people also call it: Poorschä.
#114
Happy Friday
Stefan (don't try to pronounce that either)
#115
That's not true. In France I am Daveed, yet here I am just David. As has already been mentioned: In France it's Paree, but it's Paris to the rest of us. I hate to talk so much about the French. How do you pronounce Nordschleife? Nordshlife or Nordshleaf? Americans speak English, so why do you call it Aluminum when the English dictionary states it's Aluminium? What if my name is Anthony and I insist on you pronouncing it Anthony and not Antony? Am I wrong? Caff or Caffee or Caf-a? English speaking people call the country E-raq yet Americans call it I-raq. The list is endless.
Yeah, I call my car a Porsh and my shoes Nike.
Yeah, I call my car a Porsh and my shoes Nike.
We're introspective, politically correct, self-critical Americans, and we're always wrong!
My last name, in my forefather's land, would be pronounced Chi-rillo (begins with "Ci"). But those letters are pronounced "Si-rillo" in English. I'll answer to the Italian pronunciation, and find it fun; but I would never insist on it, nor do I take offense to an American pronunciation.
So, could it be said that taking offense to the US pronunciation of Porsche is evidence of the very snobbery that makes it so hard for some of us to say it in the German pronunciation?
#116
#118
Here in Germany I don't hear too many mispronounciations of "POOR SHA" except by my American Co-workers. I've made sure that upon indocternation the correct pronunciation is part of the things they learn to protect us from the ignorant American syndrome.
#120
I think that in the US. Many Americans can't roll Porsh-eh off their tongues without sounding like a kid in first year German/French/Spanish simply because many of us only speak English. We are not used to pronouncing foreign names and words correctly! In Europe, almost everyone is bi-lingual, and are able to correctly pronounce foreign words!
In a nutshell, it's pronounced Porsh-eh, with a tiny "eh" forming the second syllable. Saying "Poorsh" is wrong.
For the record, I say Porsh-eh / Owdie!
In a nutshell, it's pronounced Porsh-eh, with a tiny "eh" forming the second syllable. Saying "Poorsh" is wrong.
For the record, I say Porsh-eh / Owdie!