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> How do you say "Porsche", A new twist
Mark Henry
post Apr 27 2004, 04:44 PM
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I know this has been discussed before...but...

Pors-chah, two syllables, soft "a" sound, is viewed by many as correct and how Porsche says its name in the commercials.

Porsche, one syllable, how many North Americans pronounce it.

Pors-chea, two syllables, hard "a" sound, a new twist (to me) on the ol’ name.

I have a new German customer who dropped off his car, he had a German couple (mid-50's) with him. I said Porsche the NA way (old habits die hard) and then corrected myself "Pors-chah." He says no-no it's prononced "Pors-chea".(IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Even Germans can't agree how to pronounce the name Porsche. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Apr 27 2004, 04:55 PM
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post Apr 27 2004, 04:55 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 27 2004, 06:44 PM)
I know this has been discussed before...but...

Pors-chah, two syllables, soft "a" sound, is viewed by many as correct and how Porsche says its name in the commercials.

Porsche, one syllable, how many North Americans pronounce it.

Pors-chea, two syllables, hard "a" sound, a new twist (to me) on the ol’ name.

I have a new German customer who dropped off his car, he had a German couple (mid-50's) with him. I said Porsche the NA way (old habits die hard) and then corrected myself "Pors-chah." He says no-no it's prononced "Pors-chea".(IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

Even Germans can't agree how to pronounce the name Porsche. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

i saw a piece of footage while ago where ferdinand was interviewed, and he said porsche (one syllable)

but I still say porsch a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

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post Apr 27 2004, 05:09 PM
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it's Porsch - ewh ...

where the "ewh" part is more like a "a" but not as dominant ...

hard to explain in writing, just ask me next time you're around.

i can also give you the correct pronounciation for "Bilstein", if
you're interested. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Apr 27 2004, 05:14 PM
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Even Germans can't agree how to pronounce the name Porsche.


Maybe because Herr Doktor was Austrian...
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post Apr 27 2004, 05:16 PM
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QUOTE(synthesisdv @ Apr 27 2004, 02:55 PM)
i saw a piece of footage while ago where ferdinand was interviewed, and he said porsche (one syllable)

but I still say porsch a (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

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it's Porsch - ewh ...



That's #4 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chairfall.gif)
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post Apr 27 2004, 05:48 PM
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I say Porsch-eh!! But I'm Canadian (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 27 2004, 05:52 PM
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The parts guy at the local dealership said it best to me. If you own one it's por- sha if you don't it's porsche.
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post Apr 27 2004, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(GWN7 @ Apr 27 2004, 03:48 PM)
I say Porsch-eh!! But I'm Canadian (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Beauty, eh!
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post Apr 27 2004, 06:17 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 27 2004, 03:09 PM)
i can also give you the correct pronounciation for "Bilstein", if
you're interested. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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I'm interested! Is it: Bill- steen. I am thinking bill, like the name, then steen that rhymes with mean.

I was at the unveiling of the Carrera GT at the LA Auto show and the guy who announced the car pronounced it the Por-shae (third) way.
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post Apr 27 2004, 06:18 PM
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When I'm with Porsch-a guys I call it Porsch-a. When I'm with others its Porsche. I feel "snotty" if I say Porsch-a to them.

If I'm goofing off, I call it Porsch-EE
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post Apr 27 2004, 06:21 PM
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QUOTE(MattR @ Apr 27 2004, 05:17 PM)
I'm interested!  Is it: Bill- steen.  I am thinking bill, like the name, then steen that rhymes with mean.

nope, as wrong as it can be! btw. that's how most americans pronounce it ...


it's more like:

bee - L - sch - dayn


got it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Andy
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post Apr 27 2004, 06:23 PM
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QUOTE(seanery @ Apr 27 2004, 04:18 PM)
When I'm with Porsch-a guys I call it Porsch-a. When I'm with others its Porsche. I feel "snotty" if I say Porsch-a to them.

You nailed it. My sentiments exactly.
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post Apr 27 2004, 08:17 PM
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QUOTE(GWN7 @ Apr 27 2004, 03:48 PM)
I say Porsch-eh!! But I'm Canadian  :D

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) me too eh?
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post Apr 27 2004, 08:36 PM
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Poresha...


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post Apr 27 2004, 08:51 PM
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QUOTE(dsmeyer @ Apr 27 2004, 06:36 PM)
Poresha...

Hey...what kind of a 914 is that anyway? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif)
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bee - L - sch - dayn


bier schtein

or maybe beer stein

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hard to type how to say things :s
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post Apr 27 2004, 09:05 PM
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I remember there was a shirt that said "Porsche is a two syllable word" out there for sale.

I say "Por-sha" with my pinky in the air as I sip tea. not (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Apr 27 2004, 09:10 PM
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So Andy... I took 2 semesters of German so I know about things like German having no silent vowels, except for when you have two vowels together - then the second one makes the sound. That's why my last name of DeVries is pronounced de frees (roll the r and make the s a really short sound - it's Dutch, which is Germanic, not German).

So the way I learned it that makes Porsche sound like Poresha and Bilstein sound like Beel-schtine (rhymes with shine). Where did I go wrong? My son (the German major) says that dayn is a way of expressing the same sound phonetically. I thought you meant something that rhymed with pain.
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post Apr 27 2004, 09:20 PM
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I love when people justify it by saying "that's the correct German pronunciation". I always want to ask them if they listen to Vagner or KraftVerk? At the Taco Bell drive-thru do they order a Burrrrrrrrrrito and a Kay-sa-dee-ya? Do they know all the scandinavian names for the tonnes of crap they bought at Ikea? Let it go.
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