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I do find that non-car folk think your being snooty when you use 2 syllables.
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The only person that I personally know who owns a Porsche lives five doors from me. He earns his living as a university professor and holds a PHD. So, who am I to question his language?
We are good friends and when we discuss cars he always says the word Porsche differntly from me.
Because he is nearly a walking genius, I guess, the differnece in terminology has pretty much gone unnoticed.
So, here is the issue: I am a Southern type of guy and say the word Porsche with one syllable; simply "porsche". Nick is from the Mid-West and says the the word porsche in two syllables;
"por- sche".
Please straighten this mess out for me before I start zipping around in a 2003 C4S.
from About.com (and by the way I've always said PORSCH-ah)...
Do you know the correct pronunciation of Porsche ?
While the 'proper' way to pronounce some German terms in English may be debatable, this isn't one of them. Porsche is a family name, and the family members pronounce their surname PORSH-ah, not PORSH! Same for the car. You don't say NYKE for Nike, so don't be lazy and leave off the e in Porsche! Porsche's U.S. TV commercials pronounce the name correctly and so should you.
This question really needs to be in a FAQ section.
Your friend IS a genius. It's two syllables, pronounced porsch-uh. As a southerner, it's Porsc-uh y'all
Here is a great WMV file about Porsche evolution. Its in GERMAN!! !!! It's a large file, so I only uploaded the last segment. Listen to how the Germans say Porsche.
<a href="http://members.rennlist.com/palting/Porsh-uh.WMV" target="_blank">How Germans say it</a>
I've spoken with a couple of German tuners and I've noticed the 2nd syllable pronounced more like "eh" than "ah."
But alwys a 2 syllable pronounciation. I do find that non-car folk think your being snooty when you use 2 syllables. Any experiences like this?
[quote]Originally posted by Mojo:
<strong>But alwys a 2 syllable pronounciation. I do find that non-car folk think your being snooty when you use 2 syllables. Any experiences like this?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yup, that's my experience. Most car folk will ask you how to pronounce it, since they take it that you are the expert since you drive one. Anybody else, I have to kinda gauge. If it's just a simple "What car do you drive?", I usually answer "I have a 4X4"
I don't tell them I've gone 170 mph in my "4X4", heh,heh.
BTW, I think it's more of an "uh" than an "eh" or "ah". If we keep this up much longer we'll be uh'ing, eh'ing and ah'ng all over this board.
