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Apr 3, 2005 3:02:02 PM
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Re: Am I correct or is my 4-year old correct? How to pronounce?
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Is it pronounced "Porsch" or "Porsch-a". Since I own one, I'd like to know for sure. My 4-year old says "Porsch-a".
Go to the german Porsche site (www.porsche.de), choose Boxster S, use the right menu and pick "Porsche experience" then choose "filme" and watch one of those. Then you will hear the name pronounced in its native tongue.
Apr 3, 2005 7:12:43 PM
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Is it pronounced "Porsch" or "Porsch-a". Since I own one, I'd like to know for sure. My 4-year old says "Porsch-a".
...and by the way: It's pronounced "por-sche" with the "e" sounding like the "e" in "sherman".
So it's "por-scherman"....Just leave out the "-rman" and you'll be fine
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...and by the way: It's pronounced "por-sche" with the "e" sounding like the "e" in "sherman".
So it's "por-scherman"....Just leave out the "-rman" and you'll be fine
Perfect, Doc! Nothing more to add.
BTW: I had two "language" encounters regarding "Porsche", one in the US and one in France.
In the US, a young guy in the early 20s just arrived in his white 996 Turbo Cab last year at a hotel and when I told him "nice PorschE", he answered "right dude but it is called PORSCH". When I shouted after him PorschE, he showed me the middle finger. This guy wasn't very bright, when I looked again at his car, I saw that he took the keys with him and the valet guy was soooooo furious because the car blocked the whole driveway.
The second "encounter" was in France. A group of people gathered around my 996 Turbo back in mid 2000 because it was a new car and it looked pretty spectacular. One guy in the 30s asked me what car this is and I told him, this is a PorschE. "Aah, a Porsch, nice. French people build much nicer cars than Germans." My wife who speaks fluent french corrected him and told him that Porsche is a german car maker. Now imagine how the whole group started to argue...
We got again into the car and drove away, searching a parking space somewhere else. I'll never forget these "language encounters" because they show how people react when somebody wants to correct them. So I stopped getting involved in "right pronounciation" argueing.
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RC said:a young guy in the early 20s just arrived in his white 996 Turbo Cab last year at a hotel and when I told him "nice PorschE", he answered "right dude but it is called PORSCH".
Not pronouncing it correctly if you haven't learned better yet is alright, no big deal, we all non-native germans have had to learnt it at one time or another, but having the nerve to correct you with the wrong pronunciation is just too funny
Apr 3, 2005 10:19:56 PM
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...and by the way: It's pronounced "por-sche" with the "e" sounding like the "e" in "sherman".
So it's "por-scherman"....Just leave out the "-rman" and you'll be fine
I think I have a translation issue here: Do you pronounce the first syllable of "sherman" as in "Cher"? Or is it more like "shirt"?
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...and by the way: It's pronounced "por-sche" with the "e" sounding like the "e" in "sherman".
So it's "por-scherman"....Just leave out the "-rman" and you'll be fine
I think I have a translation issue here: Do you pronounce the first syllable of "sherman" as in "Cher"? Or is it more like "shirt"?
Like "shirt".
Pore-shirt...
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Like "shirt".
Pore-shirt...
Thanks. I'll start pronouncing it the right way, now.
In fact I, as a German, could live with pronouncing it differently. I don't think that a lot of people are able to pronounce "Ferrari" with the same rolling "r" as the Italians...
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Well, guys, I'm sorry, but in french it just sounds stupid when you say "porsh-uh".
Everybody says porsch, one syllab. Maybe in german you say porsh-uh but not in french.
Sorry to jump in on this one but if a German can pronounce RENAULT, CITROEN and PEUGEOT the right way, it is not much asked from french people to say PorschE, right?
Especially since Chirac and Schröder started a new Alliance Cordiale.
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Well, guys, I'm sorry, but in french it just sounds stupid when you say "porsh-uh".
Everybody says porsch, one syllab. Maybe in german you say porsh-uh but not in french.
Sorry to jump in on this one but if a German can pronounce RENAULT, CITROEN and PEUGEOT the right way, it is not much asked from french people to say PorschE, right?
Especially since Chirac and Schröder started a new Alliance Cordiale.
Although you've got a point RC,
Amazon23 is right too, it would really sound weird if in France, you'd pronounce the name Porsch-UH. It is the right pronounciation, we all know it, but that's just the way things are I guess.
Different nouns are pronounced differently in different languages I guess.
Ever tried pronounving Vincent Van Gogh with a Dutch accent!
A more common mistake is Michael Shumacher.
With the right pronounciation, you should say the CH of Michael like a SH, and not Shumaker, but all engligh speaking people get it wrong.
We French get it right, go figure!!!
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We French get it right, go figure!!!
Hey, Fanch.
I recently made a hotel reservation here in the States. I told the reservation agent that my name was Michael. She had an accent that I couldn't quite place.
When I checked in to the hotel, my name had been spelled Michelle
Not even Michel.
Go figure.
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We French get it right, go figure!!!
Hey, Fanch.
I recently made a hotel reservation here in the States. I told the reservation agent that my name was Michael. She had an accent that I couldn't quite place.
When I checked in to the hotel, my name had been spelled Michelle
Not even Michel.
Go figure.
Very funny!!!
Was she blond?
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It sounds "weird" in Germany to pronounce Lamborghini the right way...by pronouncing the "gh" like a "silent" G.
Most Germans say Lamborshini or something like that.
And I still say it the right way, it is some sort of intellectuall thing I guess. 
Most Germans say Lamborshini or something like that.
And I still say it the right way, it is some sort of intellectuall thing I guess.
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It sounds "weird" in Germany to pronounce Lamborghini the right way...by pronouncing the "gh" like a "silent" G.
Most Germans say Lamborshini or something like that.
And I still say it the right way, it is some sort of intellectuall thing I guess.
Lamborghini is now pronounced "Audi"
Re: Am I correct or is my 4-year old correct? How to pronounce?
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Fanch said:... it would really sound weird if in France, you'd pronounce the name Porsch-UH. It is the right pronounciation, we all know it, but that's just the way things are I guess.
Different nouns are pronounced differently in different languages I guess....
The French are a special case... their Assemblee Nationale even passed laws some years ago, forcing the use of French words in place of original English words in technical fields, namely IT - whose practice often yielded ridiculous dialog among international colleagues. I wonder how they feel when foreigners mispronounce Citroen or Michelin.
In my view... words are just that, words. Original words in a given native language, especially names, should be universally spelled and pronounced. But in the end... it is no big deal. Society can be cruel either way - you come across as illiterate among your peers if you don't do it or snob if you do it.
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Ever tried pronounving Vincent Van Gogh with a Dutch accent!
Exeactely, try to order an Amstel beer in the states... If I pronounce it properly (I'm Dutch) they look at me and have no clue what I'm saying and if they do they would correct my pronounciation
Re: Am I correct or is my 4-year old correct? How to pronounce?
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A more common mistake is Michael Shumacher.
With the right pronounciation, you should say the CH of Michael like a SH, and not Shumaker, but all engligh speaking people get it wrong.
We French get it right, go figure!!!
Schumacher yes, but I remember the times when the guys on the French TV had to pronounce the names of Pirmin Zurbriggen, Franz Beckenbauer or Karl-Heinz Rummenige, that was really great fun to listen to
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Well, guys, I'm sorry, but in french it just sounds stupid when you say "porsh-uh".
Everybody says porsch, one syllab. Maybe in german you say porsh-uh but not in french.
Sorry to jump in on this one but if a German can pronounce RENAULT, CITROEN and PEUGEOT the right way, it is not much asked from french people to say PorschE, right?
Especially since Chirac and Schröder started a new Alliance Cordiale.
It's true what you're saying. Us and UK have always prononced french words the right way, or at least try to make it sound french (even if they make mistakes)
French people (belgium-france) never even try to prononce it right. It's like we're too lazy or something.
Listen to the BBC, when a french word comes, it's always prononce the french way. Germans, as you said, prononce it the french way too. You even get the accent.
In french, we don't care if the words comes from UK, US, Germany or where ever. We always transform it and make the it sounds "frenchy", like if we were the center of the universe. Go figure...
Ultimate pronounciation guide:
Lamborghini:
Italian: Questo uno Laaaarmbo-hiiiini (you com-eh to ma hous-eh and wanta de keye to ma bebe...)
French: Oh La-Lámbò-ginique
German: Tze Lambork-tzini!!
America: Lambo (Codename: Redneck Payback Time)
Porsche:
Italian: Pocche. (Potsché) con scalopini ai fungi
French: Peursche...Le Peeeeeursche...
German: Stradelklatz!
America: Poar-scher. Day-um, Dwight! I tha-ought we'd buy one dem german cars for momma.
Italian: Questo uno Laaaarmbo-hiiiini (you com-eh to ma hous-eh and wanta de keye to ma bebe...)
French: Oh La-Lámbò-ginique
German: Tze Lambork-tzini!!
America: Lambo (Codename: Redneck Payback Time)
Porsche:
Italian: Pocche. (Potsché) con scalopini ai fungi
French: Peursche...Le Peeeeeursche...
German: Stradelklatz!
America: Poar-scher. Day-um, Dwight! I tha-ought we'd buy one dem german cars for momma.
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Lamborghini:
Italian: Questo uno Laaaarmbo-hiiiini (you com-eh to ma hous-eh and wanta de keye to ma bebe...)
French: Oh La-Lámbò-ginique
German: Tze Lambork-tzini!!
America: Lambo (Codename: Redneck Payback Time)
Porsche:
Italian: Pocche. (Potsché) con scalopini ai fungi
French: Peursche...Le Peeeeeursche...
German: Stradelklatz!
America: Poar-scher. Day-um, Dwight! I tha-ought we'd buy one dem german cars for momma.
Haha, I got a kick out of that one. Nice!
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