One pronunciation that always gets on my nerves.

Por-sha versus porsh.

Which would be correct, being that Porsche is a both a German name and a German company (originally at least)


phox

 

por-sha.....

 

None of the two options is correct, though the first one is close to it.
Check out the link (Carrera GT), turn up the sound and enjoy. It´s in German so you know how the name sounds after some seconds. Btw the driver has some serious driving skills. Here´s the link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...4226&q=porsche

Enjoy

 

i kept hearing por-sha the whole time through the video....

 

Wasn't quite sure how to write out the really correct pronunciation.

POARRRR- shuh?

Or something like that.

Bugs the bejeezus out of me to hear it any other way, particularly option #2.

Guess it's my German ancestors turning over in their graves.


phox

 

are we bored today?

 

Bored? Well, I´m not

Maybe your Por-sha sounds the same as my Por-sche, but Porsh is definitely wrong

 

Doesn't Ford own Porshe?

 

Com'on, who's calling in POARRRR- shuh?

If you're American it's Porsh, period.

 

Isn't Porche that chick that dances by the poll on the side stage?

 

Janis Joplin pronounced it Por-chee.

 

"Crap"

Yeah, thats it...

 

20-12 for the wrong! pronunciation?

C'mon, get with it people.




phox

 

Since I can't pronounce the whole "O-R" sound like that due to a speech impediment, I kind of mutter something along the lines of "pawrsh-A" really fast so that people can kind of figure out what I'm saying without making it apparent that I can't talk right.

But there are still two syllables.

 

That's actually a hard one ... when I hear the local germans talking about the porsche factory (15 minutes away by train)... they always pronounce it like "porsh". However ... any other word they have with the e on the end (not many), the sound is like porsh-eh.

I always say it porsh and noone looks at me funny ... unlike the other german words I butcher .

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