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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 7 2017, 03:59 PM
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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)


So, is it Keel or Kile?
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post Apr 7 2017, 04:08 PM
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I pronounce it the way Dr. Porsche said it, IDGARA how other pronounce it.

Ditto
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post Apr 7 2017, 05:06 PM
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At one point, now a number of years ago, the official position of PCNA was:

The company name can be pronounced "Porsh" or "Porsh-uh", however you like it. Especially if you're buying one.

The family name, however, is "Porsh-uh".

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post Jul 12 2017, 08:44 AM
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QUOTE(black73 @ Apr 7 2017, 01:59 PM) *

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)


So, is it Keel or Kile?


Funny for some reason I just saw this. It's Keel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Jul 12 2017, 02:31 PM
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The real German pronunciation is more like Porsch-eh.

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post Jul 12 2017, 03:18 PM
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100% right.
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post Jul 12 2017, 03:26 PM
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So this well to do guy gets a knock on his door from a guy that was down and out and was asked if he had any work for the guy so he could make a few bucks.

The homeowner says: 'sure, I'll give you $300 to paint the porch.' Then shows him the paint and the brushes.

He comes back at the end of the day and the guy is waiting for him at the end of the driveway.

The guy greets him warmly and excited about his job well done and says: 'Man I painted all day, but I couldn't find a Porsche, so I painted the Ferrari instead!"

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post Jul 12 2017, 08:09 PM
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Careful around the purists and keyboard warriors. They will crusify you if you mispronounce it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jul 13 2017, 06:27 AM
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So how do you pronounce porsh if you have more than one
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post Jul 13 2017, 06:29 AM
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In New Mexico we have the front porsh and the back porsh and drive Carmen garcias
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post Jul 13 2017, 06:45 AM
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QUOTE(Ed_Turbo @ Jul 12 2017, 10:09 PM) *

Careful around the purists and keyboard warriors. They will crusify you if you mispronounce it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

On the keyboard how would one know how you pronounce it? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Jul 13 2017, 01:29 PM
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I can't help it. I may think Porsh uh but being a Damn Hoosier it just comes out the other way LOL
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post Jul 13 2017, 01:37 PM
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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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It isn't. Making an effort to pronounce someone's name correctly is just polite.
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post Jul 13 2017, 03:22 PM
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QUOTE(black73 @ Apr 7 2017, 01:59 PM) *

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)


So, is it Keel or Kile?


Funny for some reason I just saw this. It's Keel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


OK, that's what I thought. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Jul 13 2017, 08:59 PM
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being a total snob and a hole I always correct the Porch people by saying, I'm sorry, it's properly pronounced Porker. Don't Fuch it up.
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post Jul 21 2017, 02:28 AM
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KrazyKonrad has the closest way a non-german speaking person would pronounce Porsche. In the German language, the "e" at the end of a word or name is not silent. It has 2 syllables and is pronounced "Porsch-eh". Any one that owns a Porsche should know how to pronounce it. Everyone else, praise them for knowing what a "Porsch" is.
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post Jul 21 2017, 05:35 AM
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QUOTE(krazykonrad @ Jul 12 2017, 12:31 PM) *

The real German pronunciation is more like Porsch-eh.

Konrad

Eh? So Canada had it right all along, eh?... Eh?... EH?
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post Jul 21 2017, 06:27 AM
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As my English professor used to say, languages are nothing but sounds with rules....and they dictate pronunciation. Do you say "Noter Dame" or "No-tra Dahm"? "Porto Rico" or "Pwerto Rico?" Words and phrases, just like voices, have accents. Since "che" in English has a silent "e", saying "Porsh" is playing by the "rules" of the language. Yes, family names can be viewed as exceptions, but most people immersed in a language accept the adaptation (Shwartzenegger vs. schvahrtznegger). It's always funny to hear a newscaster speaking English and then jumping to a foreign accent when they say their names. And I can see how it sounds elitist to use a German accent when saying Porsche, but not when pronouncing other foreign names (Fer-Rahr-ree instead of Feh-rahhhh-ri). Personally, I use porsh around laypeople, and porscheh around fellow aficionados...since groups of people and clubs with similar interests have their own language rules....and pronouncing Ferdinand's family name with a German accent is one of them.

Wow. I finally got to use all that linguistics theory from college (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And Baba booey to y'all!
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post Jul 21 2017, 09:26 AM
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As my English professor used to say, languages are nothing but sounds with rules....and they dictate pronunciation. Do you say "Noter Dame" or "No-tra Dahm"? "Porto Rico" or "Pwerto Rico?" Words and phrases, just like voices, have accents. Since "che" in English has a silent "e", saying "Porsh" is playing by the "rules" of the language. Yes, family names can be viewed as exceptions, but most people immersed in a language accept the adaptation (Shwartzenegger vs. schvahrtznegger). It's always funny to hear a newscaster speaking English and then jumping to a foreign accent when they say their names. And I can see how it sounds elitist to use a German accent when saying Porsche, but not when pronouncing other foreign names (Fer-Rahr-ree instead of Feh-rahhhh-ri). Personally, I use porsh around laypeople, and porscheh around fellow aficionados...since groups of people and clubs with similar interests have their own language rules....and pronouncing Ferdinand's family name with a German accent is one of them.

Wow. I finally got to use all that linguistics theory from college (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

And Baba booey to y'all!


Newscasters are idiots. They try to come off as worldly and intellectual, when all they are doing is reading a script. By the way, the German "sch" is the equivalent English "sh", as in "scheise" and "sh**". At least everyone is getting that part right.
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post Jul 21 2017, 10:07 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Apr 3 2017, 01:32 AM) *

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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It isn't. Making an effort to pronounce someone's name correctly is just polite.


I have several south Asian and middle eastern customers who are 2nd generation Canadian, all of them go by nicknames or short forms.

This includes my Doctor who tells his clients to call him his short form for his first name, with or without doctor in front of it.
They don't care.

"How do you spell your name?"
"Nahasapeemapetalan"
"How do you pronounce it?"
"Bob."
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