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> Porsh or Porsh-a?, Be honest, what is it to you?
What do you call them?
Do you think "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh" in your head?
Porsh [ 24 ] ** [15.89%]
Porsh-uh [ 127 ] ** [84.11%]
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post Apr 4 2017, 08:14 PM
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When I lived in Weingarten, there was a little bar on the corner where we would occasionally go have a beer after work. The other American and I were walking through the gate one evening with a couple of the local girls that worked with us. I asked them, "Hey, want to go to the Linde?"

I cannot really describe the look of scorn on the one girl's face, although I am sure there is a very long compound German adjective for this specific situation. She said, "It's not Lind-uh." Note- the "you moron" here is implied, but unmistakable.

"It's Lind-eh." Then she made me say it about fifty times before pronouncing that I would never in my life pass for German. Then we went to the Linde and had a beer.

This one makes me giggle a bit, Linde is my welding gas supplier, German owned multinational company.
They answer the phones as Lind, not Lyn-da or Lyn-dee.
http://www.lindecanada.com/en/index.html
Actually they say Lind Canada.


The e at the end of Linde is actually pronounced exactly the same way the e at the end of Porsche is pronounced ...
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PS: Linde is a tree, one that can grow quite big and can live well over 1000 years.
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post Apr 4 2017, 08:35 PM
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Does it feel pretentious to say "Folksvahgen" instead of Volkswagen?.

I think this porsh-uh vs Porsh issue only exists because we're so passionate about these cars and value their precision...so we want to honor them with their native pronunciation. The fact is that very few foreign names are honored in English. Even Mercedes-Benz is mispronounced as "mer-say-deez" instead of "mer-said-ess"

Porsche or Porsche? Personally, I use both.
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post Apr 4 2017, 08:39 PM
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I'm hungry. Can someone help me order a gyro?
Just went through an ordeal trying to get our voiceover guy to correctly pronounce "Marmot" for a marketing video.
Makes Porsche seem straightforward.
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post Apr 4 2017, 08:45 PM
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ha! don't forget the tah-ziki sauce!
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post Apr 5 2017, 04:27 AM
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post Apr 5 2017, 05:29 AM
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I just want to know if it's "She-Ah" or "Shay", that's much more important to me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 5 2017, 05:49 AM
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Chevrolet.

My last name is Lambert. Here in the states everyone, including myself says Lam bert, overseas, especially in France it's pronounced Lam ber. If people around the world want to pay me over $14,000 profit on every unit I sell, they can pronounce it any way they wish and I'll be happy.
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post Apr 5 2017, 09:17 AM
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Ex-father in law in S. Oregon called Mitsubishis, Mitsu-bitchies. Maybe he was on to something.
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post Apr 5 2017, 09:46 AM
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QUOTE(Perry Kiehl @ Apr 5 2017, 05:29 AM) *

I just want to know if it's "She-Ah" or "Shay", that's much more important to me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Shay like the stadium (for those who remember what that is). For the younger crowd, Shea like the "butter". Shea Butter... you can now go poke out your minds eye! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 5 2017, 10:17 AM
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Porsche actually made a video on how to say it. 1.3 million views and counting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im2eYuGdmfY
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post Apr 5 2017, 11:06 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 4 2017, 10:14 PM) *

The e at the end of Linde is actually pronounced exactly the same way the e at the end of Porsche is pronounced ...


Hence the story.

To be fair, those girls were tasked with making sure we spoke proper German for the customers...
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post Apr 5 2017, 11:14 AM
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Porsche actually made a video on how to say it. 1.3 million views and counting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im2eYuGdmfY


And that proves how much Porsche cares about the pronunciation of Porsche. So get it right or Ferry will strike you down from above (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 5 2017, 11:30 AM
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I said Porsh until I was old enough to know better (~16 years old)...tougher to figure out in the days before internet/youtube etc.

Now I say it the correct way (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 6 2017, 06:04 AM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Apr 5 2017, 07:46 AM) *

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I just want to know if it's "She-Ah" or "Shay", that's much more important to me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Shay like the stadium (for those who remember what that is). For the younger crowd, Shea like the "butter". Shea Butter... you can now go poke out your minds eye! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


I thought so, minds eye sufficiently poked.

Funny thing is I had a guy on the phone once that pronounced your name "She-Ah" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Apr 6 2017, 08:57 AM
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QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Apr 4 2017, 10:31 AM) *

Shee-a vs. Shay

It's a name. It sure is nice when it's pronounced properly. Why not?


So you prefer "Shee-a"? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) kind of name is Shee-a? Is that Arabic? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


And its pronounced "Erc"

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post Apr 6 2017, 06:31 PM
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The only version of it that really grates my nerves is Matt LeBlanc’s “Pawsh” that he utters too often on Top Gear.
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post Apr 6 2017, 06:39 PM
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He must be from Boston
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post Apr 6 2017, 07:17 PM
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Whenever someone asks about my car, I just say that it's a 914. Pretty straightforward to me. That way I don't have to explain why it's a "Porsha" not a Volkswagen.
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post Apr 7 2017, 08:43 AM
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I don't care as long as they don't paint it with Thompson's water seal (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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I pronounce it the way Dr. Porsche said it, IDGARA how other pronounce it.
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