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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?
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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?

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McLovin   Porsh or Porsh-a?   Apr 2 2017, 08:00 PM
Coondog   Didn't anyone tell you a 914 is NARP.............   Apr 2 2017, 08:10 PM
McLovin   Didn't anyone tell you a 914 is NARP............   Apr 2 2017, 08:14 PM
Elliot Cannon   Didn't anyone tell you a 914 is NARP............   Apr 2 2017, 09:41 PM
flat4guy   As a kid in the 70's I would go to the PCA ev...   Apr 2 2017, 08:18 PM
RickS   I pronounce it, Porker. :D But then I like to si...   Apr 2 2017, 09:33 PM
Elliot Cannon   It's very simple. Porschuh is correct. Porsc...   Apr 2 2017, 09:40 PM
RickS   Excellent!   Apr 2 2017, 09:44 PM
burton73   Excellent! Family name: Porsche, the right...   Apr 2 2017, 09:53 PM
audio_file   Porn-sh   Apr 2 2017, 09:49 PM
SirAndy   I'm German, there is only one correct way to p...   Apr 2 2017, 10:04 PM
iwanta914-6   My father is German, "porsh" is incorrec...   Apr 2 2017, 10:24 PM
SirAndy   It's not being elitist or anything I fail to s...   Apr 2 2017, 10:32 PM
ConeDodger   It's not being elitist or anything I fail to ...   Jul 13 2017, 01:37 PM
Mark Henry   [quote name='SirAndy' post='2471275' date='Apr 3 ...   Jul 21 2017, 10:07 AM
Krieger   It's somebody's last name. Get over it.   Apr 2 2017, 10:37 PM
Mark Henry   I'll never understand why some people get bent...   Apr 2 2017, 11:06 PM
SirAndy   BTW Andy did you have perfect command of the Engli...   Apr 2 2017, 11:23 PM
falcor75   Listen to some Porsche comercials in german on you...   Apr 2 2017, 11:32 PM
McLovin   To be clear, I know how it's supposed to be pr...   Apr 2 2017, 11:56 PM
injunmort   shithead, or head of shit?   Apr 3 2017, 05:15 AM
JOEPROPER   shithead, or head of shit? :lol4:   Apr 3 2017, 05:45 AM
The Cabinetmaker   shithead, or head of shit? Either way is correct...   Apr 3 2017, 06:45 AM
AndyB   shithead, or head of shit? Either way is correc...   Apr 3 2017, 07:11 AM
mobymutt   I pronounce mine "Volkswagon", but some ...   Apr 3 2017, 06:05 AM
Mark Henry   Yep like I said I could care less and I'm neve...   Apr 3 2017, 07:28 AM
Optimusglen   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kUrpAi4o1s here y...   Apr 3 2017, 08:48 AM
iwanta914-6   I had heard once that Ferry didn't even corr...   Apr 3 2017, 09:51 AM
ljubodraz   I gotta say this topic bothers me. To a certain p...   Apr 3 2017, 09:14 AM
Big Len   Agree with ljubodraz and I'll add, does anyone...   Apr 3 2017, 09:28 AM
SirAndy   Agree with ljubodraz and I'll add, does anyone...   Apr 3 2017, 09:58 AM
McLovin   Agree with ljubodraz and I'll add, does anyon...   Apr 3 2017, 11:58 AM
ljubodraz   As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe elit...   Apr 3 2017, 10:09 AM
iwanta914-6   As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe eli...   Apr 3 2017, 10:22 AM
ljubodraz   As I mentioned in my previous post, I believe el...   Apr 3 2017, 10:28 AM
The Cabinetmaker   If I am correct, it was the vw company that introd...   Apr 3 2017, 10:43 AM
ljubodraz   If I am correct, it was the vw company that intro...   Apr 3 2017, 10:57 AM
The Cabinetmaker   And I agree, ridiculous thread.   Apr 3 2017, 10:44 AM
SKL1   It's a family name, and my dad, who was German...   Apr 3 2017, 11:05 AM
mbseto   When I lived in Weingarten, there was a little bar...   Apr 3 2017, 12:29 PM
Mark Henry   When I lived in Weingarten, there was a little ba...   Apr 4 2017, 07:27 PM
SirAndy   When I lived in Weingarten, there was a little bar...   Apr 4 2017, 08:14 PM
Minerva's 914   Two syllables ........ and there goes yer proo...   Apr 3 2017, 12:34 PM
horizontally-opposed   Two syllables here, but it doesn't even sort o...   Apr 3 2017, 12:36 PM
Rand   DJ3Qk6tqZYs   Apr 3 2017, 01:06 PM
brubou   The original question, was how do you say it IN YO...   Apr 3 2017, 01:44 PM
Calwaterbear   several years ago we were running a 24 hours of Le...   Apr 3 2017, 01:53 PM
draganc   actually, i do give a sheit and the mispronunciati...   Apr 3 2017, 01:55 PM
6freak   OK, so after 30+ years of lusting after Porsches,...   Apr 3 2017, 03:02 PM
RichPugh   I'm sure someone already mentioned it but Pors...   Apr 3 2017, 03:32 PM
RickS   I don't bother to correct people when they mis...   Apr 3 2017, 09:54 PM
horizontally-opposed   I don't bother to correct people when they mi...   Apr 3 2017, 11:06 PM
Rand   When did those voices start happening? What are t...   Apr 3 2017, 11:01 PM
Elliot Cannon   ANY word that is pronounced properly shows, respec...   Apr 4 2017, 10:01 AM
914_teener   ANY word that is pronounced properly shows, respe...   Apr 4 2017, 12:02 PM
Perry Kiehl   No one says "Dodd Gee" when saying ...   Apr 4 2017, 11:25 AM
Eric_Shea   Shee-a vs. Shay It's a name. It sure is nice...   Apr 4 2017, 11:31 AM
Elliot Cannon   Shee-a vs. Shay It's a name. It sure is nic...   Apr 4 2017, 05:15 PM
Vacca Rabite   Shee-a vs. Shay It's a name. It sure is ni...   Apr 6 2017, 08:57 AM
Big Len   So 914 teener, when a stranger comes up to you and...   Apr 4 2017, 03:54 PM
Eric_Shea   So 914 teener, when a stranger comes up to you an...   Apr 4 2017, 04:05 PM
Big Len   Agree Eric. We, as Porsche owners, should pronounc...   Apr 4 2017, 04:19 PM
SKL1   Though a bit taller, Hans Peter is looking more an...   Apr 4 2017, 04:33 PM
My 914   Most people here in eastern Massachusetts say Pors...   Apr 4 2017, 06:45 PM
cuddyk   Does it feel pretentious to say "Folksvahgen...   Apr 4 2017, 08:35 PM
Rand   I'm hungry. Can someone help me order a gyro? ...   Apr 4 2017, 08:39 PM
cuddyk   ha! don't forget the tah-ziki sauce!   Apr 4 2017, 08:45 PM
My 914   Tza-ziki   Apr 5 2017, 04:27 AM
Perry Kiehl   I just want to know if it's "She-Ah...   Apr 5 2017, 05:29 AM
Eric_Shea   I just want to know if it's "She-Ah...   Apr 5 2017, 09:46 AM
Perry Kiehl   I just want to know if it's "She-Ah...   Apr 6 2017, 06:04 AM
black73   I just want to know if it's "She-Ah...   Apr 7 2017, 03:59 PM
Perry Kiehl   I just want to know if it's "She-Ah...   Jul 12 2017, 08:44 AM
black73   [quote name='black73' post='2473210' date='Apr 7 ...   Jul 13 2017, 03:22 PM
Minerva's 914   Chevrolet. My last name is Lambert. Here in the ...   Apr 5 2017, 05:49 AM
RickS   Ex-father in law in S. Oregon called Mitsubishis, ...   Apr 5 2017, 09:17 AM
cuddyk   Porsche actually made a video on how to say it. 1....   Apr 5 2017, 10:17 AM
iwanta914-6   Porsche actually made a video on how to say it. 1...   Apr 5 2017, 11:14 AM
mbseto   The e at the end of Linde is actually pronounced ...   Apr 5 2017, 11:06 AM
JmuRiz   I said Porsh until I was old enough to know better...   Apr 5 2017, 11:30 AM
ThreeV8s   The only version of it that really grates my nerve...   Apr 6 2017, 06:31 PM
My 914   He must be from Boston   Apr 6 2017, 06:39 PM
banananose914   Whenever someone asks about my car, I just say tha...   Apr 6 2017, 07:17 PM
Mark Henry   I don't care as long as they don't paint i...   Apr 7 2017, 08:43 AM
AZBanks   I pronounce it the way Dr. Porsche said it, IDGARA...   Apr 7 2017, 12:57 PM
My 914   I pronounce it the way Dr. Porsche said it, IDGAR...   Apr 7 2017, 04:08 PM
Dave_Darling   At one point, now a number of years ago, the offic...   Apr 7 2017, 05:06 PM
krazykonrad   The real German pronunciation is more like Porsch-...   Jul 12 2017, 02:31 PM
wndsrfr   The real German pronunciation is more like Porsch...   Jul 21 2017, 05:35 AM
theer   :agree: 100% right.   Jul 12 2017, 03:18 PM
preach   So this well to do guy gets a knock on his door fr...   Jul 12 2017, 03:26 PM
Ed_Turbo   Careful around the purists and keyboard warriors. ...   Jul 12 2017, 08:09 PM
Mark Henry   Careful around the purists and keyboard warriors....   Jul 13 2017, 06:45 AM
Front yard mechanic   So how do you pronounce porsh if you have more tha...   Jul 13 2017, 06:27 AM
Front yard mechanic   In New Mexico we have the front porsh and the back...   Jul 13 2017, 06:29 AM
Bartlett 914   I can't help it. I may think Porsh uh but bei...   Jul 13 2017, 01:29 PM
RickS   being a total snob and a hole I always correct the...   Jul 13 2017, 08:59 PM
kgruen2   KrazyKonrad has the closest way a non-german speak...   Jul 21 2017, 02:28 AM
cuddyk   As my English professor used to say, languages are...   Jul 21 2017, 06:27 AM
kgruen2   As my English professor used to say, languages ar...   Jul 21 2017, 09:26 AM
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