Why do most Americans pronounce "Porsche" wrong?

[SoCalSK8r]

Originally Posted by proporsche

Fly911..my T shirt might make your day...

ivan

This screams "douche bag"


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[proporsche]

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

Ivan

[GH85Carrera]

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.

[Quicksilver]

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.

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

[svandamme]

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

[island911]

Originally Posted by shadowjack1

Would Porsch be like Chevy. Just a nickname??

Exactly.

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

[rattlsnak]

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.

[The Synergizer]

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

[stomachmonkey]

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

[masraum]

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.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

You, mr Perfect, are the number 1 reason to keep pronouncing words as I bloody well please.
Thanks for calling many of your fellow Pelicans idiots!
Try Parf, you'll love it there.

You know, the word douche is pronounced in different ways in France, depending on the region.
You certainly are a douch-ah!

Porsch, Porsch, Porsch, please don't ever talk to me.

Fantastic post, Geronimo!

[RKDinOKC]

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

No accounting for pronunciation.

[69porsche]

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

[sc_rufctr]

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

So Bob, your saying no one says it right anyway. The German way is "paw-sha".

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.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Trakrat

because they are idiots... plain and simple. These are the people who could care less about anyone and anything and live in their own world... oblivious to anyone around them.

Anytime I meet some who calls their Porsche a Porch... I know to never again engage in a conversation with them because they could care less about anything outside of the space between their ears.

The world is full of idiots who have money.

twat waffle.

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

[Gogar]

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!

[speeder]

Originally Posted by tdw28210

I've heard factory drivers mispronouncing it on stage at a Porsche sponsored event. It seems weird, but life's too short....

Originally Posted by matt930s

German is my first language and I don't pronounce the "uh" part all the time. Sometimes I even call it a "Porch".... sue me...

What did irritate me when flying missions was when my military counterparts stated we will be landing in "Rain Main" Germany...

So do you also pronounce other German words phonetically correct (I.e. BMW , VW, city names et)?


MattR

Originally Posted by 88911coupe

I recall being in Munich and hearing locals pronounce it "Porsh".

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

It's a semi silent e on the end.

Not Porsch-AH.

But rather Porsche

Originally Posted by RDM

For the same reason we don't pronounce München or Köln or Nürburgring as a German would; we speak English.

Note that Germans don't pronounce their country's name the way we do either. We're just bad news all around on the pronunciation front.

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.

[DanielDudley]

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

[yellowperil]

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.