Sorry, can't do it, can't call it "Porscha"

[R K T]

It's NOT a word..............It's a name!

[dagriff]

Name: David. A French person would call me Dav-eed. I would not correct them.

If an English person called me Dav-eed, I would think they were taking the piss !

There is an urban car legend that says the Colt (Mitsubishi) Starion was meant to be called the Stallion.......

[look 171]

Originally Posted by skinnerd

It really doesn't have anything to do with being pretentious.
It is the correct way to pronounce someone's name.
Period!

Are you telling me if you met one of the Porsche family in person, that you'd choose to pronounce their name incorrectly?
That's idiotic.....sorry.

It is not OK to pronouce it incorrectly if you ask me.
You just show your ignorance.....that's all.

Become a man, and learn how to pronounce it correctly.
And if you are so insecure that you worry what people will think.....that's your issue I guess.

This thread really pisses me off.

So, when do you start with the millions of names out there. Around here, there are many street names that are in Spanish. Almost everyone pronounce like English. I refuse to pronounce Los Angeles in Spanish. Do you say Honda, or Oonda?

Learn to pronounce all names correctly is almost not possible, so I am thinking you are a long way from manhood. Now I am pissed off too.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

It is much like saying Pue-get for Peugeot .

Now you're talking about my relatives. Easy there...

[GH85Carrera]

I remember a neighbor that called his Renault a Renn-alt. I did not know better back then, so that is how I pronounced it for years. Now I watch F-1 and I know how to properly pronounce Renault. I wonder if there is a discussion about it on the Renault boards.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

... I wonder if there is a discussion about it on the Renault boards.

Probably not...

Renault Cinq... Turbo:

[Trackrash]

O.K. I'll settle this once and for all. According to Wikipedia...

Pronunciation of "Porsche"

In English use, Porsche is often pronounced as a single syllable (/ˈpɔrʃ/), without a final /ə/. However, the company's proper pronunciation is /ˈpɔrʃə/ POR-shə[52] ("Porsha"), as German language words do not have silent "e".

Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɔːʃ/, /ˈpɔːʃ.ə/, SAMPA: /"pO:S/, /"pO:S.@/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɔɹʃ/, /ˈpɔɹʃ.ə/, SAMPA: /"pOr\S/, /"pOr\S.@/

Porsche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Pronounce it like Portia.

[GH85Carrera]

Wikipedia is hardly the definitive answer for anything.

[speeder]

Even when it's cited as a reference more than once in the same thread.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by skinnerd

No prob Canuck_Targa.

In reality, I'm not pissed off.
I think the word would be more like bemused and bewildered.

I can understand people mispronouncing a person's name because they honestly just don't know.

What I can't understand is why people would purposely choose to mispronounce a name when they do know how to do it correctly?

Porsche is not only a car company.....it is a German family name.
I don't think it takes much effort to pronounce it correctly in any situation no matter what other people might think.

I guess I just look at it as a matter of respect.
I like to be respectful to people (when they deserve it).
I think it dis-respects the Porsche name (company and family) to not pronounce it correctly.

Sadly this has become such a part of our American society today.
The lack of respect part.

And no.....my last name is not Porsche.

I think you take all of this too seriously. The marque has been in the USA since the early 50's and I was old enough to drive in the early 60's. Never heard the pronunciation with the "a" until several years ago. I know I spent enough money getting my "Poorsh" worked on by all kinds that have been around the cars a lot longer than me. Let's see, I've owned whatever you call it one way or another since 1972.

For all of time until you couldn't get them any more in the USA, the car was called a "Renalt." Not renneaux or whatever that one is.

But here ya go: everywhere I go and on TV, etc., people refer to the front entry in a larger home as a "foy-er." Well friend, it's a "foy-ai." Or even more French as this bite sounds:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fr-foyer.ogg

I wonder how you say it.

[Jim Richards]

well, I'm goin' out back and soak a spell in the cee-ment pond and think about this some.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by milt

... I think you take all of this too seriously.

+1

We were 50 miles from the epicenter of the quake on Wednesday. It was a "5" (rather small). We stayed in the building because it used to be the US embassy so it had been reinforced.

Anyway to make a long story short, quite a few people realized that it could have been their last day... An "8" would have been 1000 time more powerfully with a lot a causalities (none this time).

For my part, I went home and took Das Babe for a long ride like it could be our last one...

Quake leads to confusion, panic in the streets | Ottawa and Region | News | Ottawa Sun

Drive & enjoy

J.J.

P.S. Even this post is too serious... pass the Valium please

[Geronimo '74]

Originally Posted by milt

But here ya go: everywhere I go and on TV, etc., people refer to the front entry in a larger home as a "foy-er." Well friend, it's a "foy-ai." Or even more French as this bite sounds:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Fr-foyer.ogg

I wonder how you say it.

Fwah-jeh

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

Fwah-jeh

Every time I watch an DIY show from the US, I bet along it will take before we hear the famous... Foyerrrrrr

[Geronimo '74]

WRONG!

no R at the end of foyer.

[JJ 911SC]

I'm having a Déjà Vu experience Oh oh, 2 accents in the same word, stand by for heavy roll:

[JeffO]

My opinion is that as americans we tend to be less formal in our ways than a lot of other nations. Our Chevrolet becomes chevy, Cadilac becomes caddy, Jeffrey becomes Jeff and so on. How many people will use an abbreviated first name soon after meeting someone for the first time. I think of Porsch as a shortened, familar form of Porsche. Now tell me why Jaguar is pronounced Jaq u are in England when it is from the Portugees word for the big cat. No surname there.

[GH85Carrera]

I guess it is a lot like going to a town and hearing a local resident pronounce the name of the town. In north east Oklahoma is town named Miami Oklahoma. Only it is not pronounced like the big Florida city, it is pronounced Miam-a.

If you ever hear someone say to you that that were born & raised in Mont-gom-or-e, Alabama be suspicious of them. All the locals call it Munt-gum-ry

Does that make it “correct” or is it pretentious to pronounce their city the way the locals do?

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by JeffO

Now tell me why Jaguar is pronounced Jaq u are in England when it is from the Portugees word for the big cat. No surname there.

Those crazy Brits!!!!!

-Z