[Canuck_Targa]

Go ahead call me a heathen, an uncouth, unrefined lowbrow, but I just can't call my car a "Porscha". I have been dreaming of owning a 911 since I was about 6, that was in the mid 70's. Everyone I know or have ever known have called them "Porsche" (one syllable). I realize that in German it is pronounced Porscha, but now that I own one.... if I changed the way I pronounce the name, I might as well get a t-shirt that says:

"I'm a pretentious knob and now pronounce the name correctly now".

Don't get me wrong, however you pronounce it is fine either way, I can't change just because I own one now even if it is correct.

I still call my shoes "Nike" also, even though a marketing plan some years ago insisted we call them "Nikee" (it sounds more European).