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

Do you say, "actually, it is a 'Por-sha' (2 syllables)", or do you roll your eyes and think it's hopeless or not worth the effort?

Frankly ma'am, I don't give a damn.

Life is too short to give a crap about how people pronounce the surname of some Austrian inventor who died almost half a century ago.

I just smile and nod my head.

I am actually very confused. My wifes grandmother is German and still has a strong acsent and she says "Porsh". I questioned this and she said it is up to the individual and in Germany it doesn't matter. I must admit I say "Porsh" but i must be lazy or I really could not care less. They are the finest all round sports cars made and it doesn't matter what you call them.

I guess it changes wherever you are from. French people call me Christopé which is not the pronunciation of the name I was born with. Might be a touch of snobbery to roll your eyes at someone who said "Porsh".

I live in Alabama. People don't even know to call it a "Porsh" around here. :>) I still get the "That's really just a hotrodded Volkswagen, isn't it?".

Dr Porsche himself in an interview said he didn't care how they pronounced it in the US. Heck, maybe there are people in Korea who cringe every time we try and pronounce Hyundai.

Mike

I cringe every time you guys say aluminium or tomato!

That's aloo-min-e-um and toe-mar-toe, not aloo-min-um and toe-may-toe;)

Now repeat after me I do not speak English I speak American!

Seriously guys this isn't a pronounciation competetion, call it what you like as long as it's not a VW:D

The same way when people call a BMW car a BEEMER instead of a BIMMER. You instantly know an enthusiast from the rest. Other than that it doesn't matter to me.

I usually smile right before I put a round in their kneecap.

How about a nice, "does this look rice" or "what kind of oil should I use" thread?
:rolleyes:

The difference is when you go the Mechanic's shop and the sign says:

Labor Rates:

Porsch - $65.00 per hour

Por_Scha - $85.00 per hour

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

some people i know refer to it as a "PORCH"

that's annoying.

Someone needs to do a search on all of these Porsh v. Por sha threads to see if they are always started by new posters or posters with low post counts. Personally, who really gives a shiit?

I dont. I call it both and don't care what anybody thinks.

(I'm cranky this morning...been overcast here for too long)

Calling it a "porsh" isn't my concern. But when my cube neighbor calls it an over-priced Volkswagen with a sly grin, that get's me going. And I take the bait everytime.

I work with a guy that owns a Corvette. He calls it a Porsh on purpose just to rile me. I really don't care but he thinks it pisses me off. So sometimes I inquire if he drove his Chevy today. I think that miffs him even more. I get a lot of people that refer to it as a VW too. That is when I ask them if they want to have a go at it and be beaten by a 34 year old VW.

My wise ole aunt once said if you own one it is a Por Sha and if you didn't it was a Porsh?? Who really gives! NEXTSmileWavy

couldn't care less, and for the record, it's not a Porscha, Porsch- e < see it's an E , not an A :rolleyes: :)

Speak for yourself. I've always used the 3 sylable pronunciation. I don't know anything about bimmers, I've never ever heard anyone use that. Of course, I don't pay much attention to the marque, so that may be it.

I don't get the porsh-porsha thing either. Do words make the enthusiast? I've got some 40 years of busted knuckles working on things from MGs, VWs, Corvettes, Jags, race cars and Porschahs as a hobby and once or twice as a living. It never seemed to matter as much about one's pronunciation or grammar as it did to know what was down inside the car mechanically. On that point, I've been made a fool more than once, but strived to gain.

What you call them is more important to the folks that wear ascots and funny hats.

Here we go with the "hat thing" again! :-)

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.

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.

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

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

Hond
Chevro
Toyo
Mitsub
Dodg

and my favorite,
Fo

Craig
RS

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

your forgot Mazduh Miaduh

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

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

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).

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

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...)

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

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

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

blah blah blah....http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1080927758.gif

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

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

-B

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.:(

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

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

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?