How do you react when people call your car a "Porsh"

[Sonic dB]

2 days ago, one of my customers...an older British lady asked me "how do you like your Pooorsch?

She told me that she almost bought a "boxer" but there was no room for golf clubs.

Yesterday, a guy up on a roof laying shingles goes "hey man" I look up and he says "great car man...just sweet"


i dont care what people say. just dont hit me in traffic.

[techweenie]

I've become mellower about it over the years.

When I was in Golden Gate PCA, there was a young lady who habitually wore a tight t-shirt with "PORSCHE" across the front, and she was a living demonstration that the word was two syllables.


a few years ago, somebody on a newsgroup insisted on calling our cars "Poosheys". Now, that gave me homicidal impulses.

[porschenut]

Originally posted by TerryBPP
Same difference. Europeans say Jag-U-ar, we say Jag-war. Search the archives for tons of arguing on this worthless subject.

And I cringe every time I hear them say Jag-wire. That's even more painful than Porsh.

[Craig 930 RS]

Other butchered names - if you shorten Porsha to Porsh, then... :

Hond
Chevro
Toyo
Mitsub
Dodg

and my favorite,
Fo

Craig
RS

[fintstone]

I call mine Poorsh....... and it always comes when I call.

[svandamme]

Originally posted by Craig911
Other butchered names - if you shorten Porsha to Porsh, then... :

Hond
Chevro
Toyo
Mitsub
Dodg

and my favorite,
Fo

Craig
RS

your forgot Mazduh Miaduh

[Sonic dB]

My good friend works in advertising and was meeting with the big wigs from Jaguar. He made the mistake of pronouncing it the mid-western way "Jagwire" and was soundly corrected in the middle of the meeting by one of the big wigs from Jag "Excuse me sir, its Jahhhgguuuarr".

lol

[jmz]

man I don't want to sound like an a$$, but who really gives a ***** if someone calls your car a porshc

[jeff91C2T]

My Mom was born and raised in Munich, and she called my car a "porsch".

The only time I've actually broken down and said something was when I was told I had a "nice fiat" (this was in southern Ohio).

[911-32]

I use them - Porsch / Porscha - fairly interchangeably but my 3 year old nephew now corrects his Mother's use of Porsch by saying "Uncle Richard says Pussa". When playing with his toy cars (courtesy of me) he recognises his "Pussa 911" and his "Pussa GT1". Upon seeing my car (and any red sportscar for that matter) he proudly announces to his mother "That's a man's car mummy, man's car".

Out of the mouths of babes...

Richard

[rickeolis]

Oh give me a f%$#ing break...

If you listen to the Porsche dealer ads, they say "porsh", the TV based car shows, like AutoWeek, you'll hear 'porsh'.

My local Porsche mechanic shops say 'porsh'.

In fact, I'd say that the ONLY people I've ever heard use the 'porsha' sound is the occasional rich jerk who has a big head (probably full of $#it...)

[Early_S_Man]

Niki Lauda never used your 'correct' pronunciation ... and that's good enough for me!

So, roll your eyes all you want, c2rower! Nobody cares!

[djmcmath]

I had a friend who owned a 944 and insisted we all call it a Porscha. So to spin him up, we started calling it Porchee (Carribean), Porski (Polish), Porschwa (French), etc. It always bothered the living daylights out of him. Now I own a 911, and all I know is that it doesn't matter what I call 'er, as long as she's still fun to drive.

Dan

[fucherman]

blah blah blah....

[Vipergrün]

Even in Victory by Design they use both....

My mantra is.....when you own one it's a Porsh-a

-B

[89911]

First a Post about someone getting bent out of shape because another drive failed to "flash". Now it's getting bent out of shape because they didn't hit the right pronouniation. I think if some outsider was lurking around here, they would think there dealing with a bunch of snobs.

[slakjaw]

I say PORSH

BUT since last time i posted on this same question and I got flamed like a mofo.

now i just say 911

cant beleve that its that big of a deal!

Kyle

[slakjaw]

chrvrolet=chevy
toyota=yoda
mitsubisi=mitsu

there are tons of shortened "nick" names for cars

do you say I have a porsche nine-hundred eleven? which would be the correct way to say it! OR do you say i have a porsche nine eleven?

G-G-G-GET over it!

LATE

[CRH911S]

OK, here's what I think? Try a Google search both ways and see what happens.

[dhoward]

Originally posted by CRH911S
OK, here's what I think? Try a Google search both ways and see what happens.

Umm....
How do you pronounce things differenty to Google? Voice recognition?