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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Note the pronunciation at the 30 second mark of this official introduction of the 928S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsqZK2M8IYM&feature=g-all-u&context=G2697bf4FAAAAAAAAAAA

Curious, eh?!

And in related news:
'S**tstorm' Chosen By German Linguists As Top New Addition To Language
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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2822

Porsche is two syllables. Ask Ferdinand.

Ian89C4 · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 561 Location: North Carolina

I usually air with "porsch-uh" because it is Dr. Porsche's name. I also like correcting people on it.....I guess in my finicky porsche-file ways I like to judge people on how they say the name.....petty, I know....

On another note about the video...very interesting Target Audience they chose...almost like it was just for show, and an S at that. I know they have to work numerous sales angles, but I always like to MotorWeek tests they do down at Roebling road to put the cars through their paces....

And on yet another note....I am currently somewhere in Africa, West Africa to be less than exact, and have seen a Panamera, a newer boxster S, multiple Cayennes (which kinda makes sense) and the cherry on top, a black 993 S (if you know anyone missing one I will go check the VIN just in case). I am on the lookout to spot and 24s or 44s although I doubt I will. But I also did not think I would almost run into a Bentley Brooklands the other day either

Cheers
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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

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Khal · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:42 am Post subject:

Just to annoy Rasta a little more and to keep this irritating old irrelevance burning, the Pom's have always pronounced it "Porsh". Nothing new about that. Aussies do, too.

Then again, Yanks pronounce "Petrol" as "Gas" and those crazy mixed-up Germans pronounce it "Benzin"

I'll second emoore924 and go along with the bloke who gave his family name to his company

My favourite German word? "Ausgezeichnet"

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Grenadiers · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:21 am Post subject:

My wife speaks fluent German, and my favorite words are all of them. When she talks to her cousin in Munich, it sounds like they're planning WWIII.
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Fifty50Plus · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:22 am Post subject:

I'm with Khal. Anyone ever heard of the Allard? English pronunciation not the frog version ah lard.
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Mr Bitey · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject:

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staticsan · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 450 Location: Sydney, Australia

Cool film.

I though it curious he was calling it a "nine-twenty-eight-ess" rather than an "nine-two-eight-ess".

And I'm suprised to type this, but the 928 doesn't work in red. Can't put my finger on quite why; it needs to be green or blue or brown. Not red. Maybe it's the headlights.

(The 924, OTOH, works very well in red...)

Wade.

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

flosho · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:43 am Post subject:

I say "Porsh" when I'm around my friends usually. Just so I don't sound like the douche bag with a $2000 porsche that feels the need to correct people, lol.

If I meet a car guy or am at a formal event or somewhere where I would want to sound intelligent, I pronounce it "Porsh-aa"
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Porsche and Neanderthal: Pronouncing German Words in English

Complete with MP3 audio file demonstration

we don't actually have a good phonetic representation of the last syllable in English. It's not "eh" and it's not "uh". It's probably best pronounced using the "schwa", or upside-down e, as in /ə/ , which is somewhere between "uh" and "eh". Unless your Canadian, in which case "eh" is pronounced like a long "a".

Meh!

Or is that Məh!
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ptheskil · Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 128 Location: Essex, UK

As always, it's a matter of personal choice how you say it...

Pronounce it with one syllable and have pretentious people think you're an ignorant prole.

Pronounce it with two syllables and have ignorant people think you're a pretentious toff.

Ignorant or pretentious - you choose.

On the other hand, If you are pretentious enough to pronounce Porsche with two syllables but at the same time ignorant enough to pronounce BMW as three English letters then that marks you out as a plain and simple idiot. Like Jeremy Clarkson.
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staticsan · Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 450 Location: Sydney, Australia