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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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McLovin
post Apr 2 2017, 08:00 PM
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OK, so after 30+ years of lusting after Porsches, I finally got one.

Despite years of dreaming about them, putting them off because it wasn't time yet, and reading all kinds of literature on them, in my mind, I pronounced it "Porsh". Not "Porsh-uh". Just "Porsh". Many times I heard the words in my head...."McLovin? You need to get you a Porsh".

And here's the thing. I took three years of German in High School and even went to the Porsche Museum once on a trip to Germany.

So now, I'm learning that it's properly pronounced "Porsh-uh", and I'm a Rube, a Heyseed, a backwards individual if I call it a "Porsh". But after 30 years, and now car ownership, I'm having trouble saying "Porsh-uh".

So how do you say it? You know, to yourself. Not out loud?

Porsh or Porsh-uh?
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post Apr 2 2017, 08:10 PM
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post Apr 2 2017, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE(Coondog @ Apr 2 2017, 10:10 PM) *


I used to think that. But now that I've had my eyes opened...like when I look at the subtle curves in it, like the way the fenders go over the wheels, and how it rides so low...body barely fitting over it's own wheels...little more than engine, a seat and sheet metal, how it's a swiss army knife of a car, I'm not so sure anymore. The car in my garage drips history (and oil)
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post Apr 2 2017, 08:18 PM
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As a kid in the 70's I would go to the PCA events with my dad and they always said " Porsche is a 2 syllable word". There you have it.
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post Apr 2 2017, 09:33 PM
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I pronounce it, Porker. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

But then I like to sit on my front Por-Shaw too.
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post Apr 2 2017, 09:40 PM
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It's very simple. Porschuh is correct. Porsch is not.
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QUOTE(Coondog @ Apr 2 2017, 07:10 PM) *


Actually it's NARPUH. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Apr 2 2017, 09:44 PM
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Excellent!
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post Apr 2 2017, 09:49 PM
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Porn-sh
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QUOTE(RickS @ Apr 2 2017, 08:44 PM) *

Excellent!



Family name: Porsche, the right way is the way the family says it.
Porsche where excellence was expected “Porsh-uh” to you

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post Apr 2 2017, 10:04 PM
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I'm German, there is only one correct way to pronounce Porsche correctly and most Americans do it wrong.

I'll give you a hint, the e at the end is neither silent nor pronounced like an e ...
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post Apr 2 2017, 10:24 PM
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My father is German, "porsh" is incorrect.

It's not being elitist or anything, it's just important to correctly pronounce it, especially now that you own one.
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post Apr 2 2017, 10:32 PM
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QUOTE(iwanta914-6 @ Apr 2 2017, 09:24 PM) *
It's not being elitist or anything

I fail to see how pronouncing someone's name correctly could be considered elitist ...
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post Apr 2 2017, 10:37 PM
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It's somebody's last name. Get over it.
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post Apr 2 2017, 11:06 PM
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I'll never understand why some people get bent out of shape about it. English speaking people are taught from the time they start to read that an E on the end is silent.
Hard to break old habits. I always heard porsch since I was a kid, I know how to pronounce it correctly, but porsch still slips out now and again.
I've never corrected a customer and I never will.
If you only told them the E isn't silent they would start calling it a porschie.

BTW Andy did you have perfect command of the English language when you were learning it?
I have a french friend that calls me Henri (Are-ree) all the time, I don't even notice anymore.
And I certainly don't get upset about it.
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Apr 2 2017, 10:06 PM) *
BTW Andy did you have perfect command of the English language when you were learning it?

Cute, but completely misguided ...

The only way to learn a foreign language is when people correct you when you make mistakes.
If people don't correct you, you'll end up still speaking gibberish even after many, many years living in that country.

I'd rather learn how to pronounce something correctly ...
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Listen to some Porsche comercials in german on youtube....the e is not silent and not pronounced as an A. I doubt Porsche would approve comercials where the brand is pronounced incorrectly.
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To be clear, I know how it's supposed to be pronounced. Likely everyone here does. But there are a lot of people who say it the way they first learned it and/or heard it for many years. Especially those of us here in the U.S. I'm not justifying it or condoning it.

Just curious to know what the percentage break-down is.

If you really think of it or read it as "Porsh" then click on it in the survey. Nobody will know.
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post Apr 3 2017, 05:15 AM
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shithead, or head of shit?
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QUOTE(injunmort @ Apr 3 2017, 07:15 AM) *

shithead, or head of shit?

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