Why do most Americans pronounce "Porsche" wrong?
 

This screams "douche bag"


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socal..very funny i bought it in Down town LA.;-)

Ivan

To answer the OP, the same reason most Americans mispronounce Jaguar or Renault. It is not Jag-wire or Re-nalt but that is what we heard growing up from adults.

Doing something to piss off pedantic people is reason enough.

My car's name is "The Pooch". There was a lady in the PCA where you could see her hackles raise each time she heard it.
The name stuck. :D

(And the IT crowd should be able to tell you the alternate meaning of a variation of that,)

it's the same in Europe...we mostly say "Porsch" here
Except for ze Germanz

Exactly.

If Porsh bothers anyone, they can always retort; at least it's not a Chever-let.

People who don't own one usually say Porsch and people who own one usually say Porsha. How someone pronounces it, determines how deep/technical the rest of the conversation goes.

What really galls me are those in the United States that pronounce Illinois "Illinoizz"

Same reason that other than the NE most Americans pronounce merry, marry, and Mary the same.

This is what, the hundredth time this topic has come up?

Sometimes it comes out of my mouth as Porsha, sometimes as Porsh. Whatever. Fly-guy needs to relax a bit.

Fantastic post, Geronimo!

Ask someone who lives there...The city of New Orleans is in Nawlins county. Both spelled the same. Go figger.

No accounting for pronunciation.

Another horse that was dragged out of the search forum barn and beaten to death...

:rolleyes:

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Only saying folks don't pronounce it right with the German pronunciation as the benchmark. I one did, folks would ask "Huh? What kind of car"?

Paw-sha. That's about as close as we would come without using the throat to pronounce like they do.

Now you know if you dug on the internet you could find individual Germans pronouncing it with there own twist.

twat waffle.

But how is it prononuced?
twat Waf-uhl or woff'l ?SmileWavy

Anytime I hear someone say the word at all, pronounced properly or not,

I immediately set down my cheese plate and my prosecco. I make sure my phone is secured in its belt clip and stealthily, but efficiently, I unzip my fanny-pack and hit the unlock button on the key fob for my black Audi wagon. With no small amount of grace and athleticism I turn on my LL Bean comfort mocs and get the HELL out of there. Buncha idiots!

All of the above, more or less. Ever heard a member of the Porsche family pronounce their name? "Poor-sha" is absolutely wrong.

My two parents didn't even pronounce my first name the same, for fk's sake. :rolleyes:

I just like cars. Someday I'll be too old to drive, and then we can split hairs.

Finally, after many threads have been wasted on this subject, many have come out and let it be known that most Porsche owners don't really appreciate being told they're stupid for MIS-pronouncing the name of they beloved cars. Not a great way to introduce yourself to a stranger IMO.

The only time I ever use the word "Porscha" is when referring to two or more
Porsches. Just my two cents.