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Old 10-06-2005, 09:14 PM   #1
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Old 10-06-2005, 11:18 PM   #2
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Very Interesting! It's always a Good day when you learn something New. Thanks!...

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Old 10-07-2005, 07:17 AM   #3
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Now if we can get all our friends to pronounce the car's name properly (porsh-ah) we'll be right as rain. I still feel compelled to correct my wife from time to time.
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Old 10-12-2005, 08:55 PM   #4
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My father says "Porsha" sounds snobby lol. Ever heard of this?
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Old 10-12-2005, 10:35 PM   #5
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My father says "Porsha" sounds snobby lol. Ever heard of this?
I say "PORSH-uh" but I don't correct people if they anglicize the pronunciation.

Any more than I would expect an English speaker to say "folks-vahgen".
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Old 10-12-2005, 11:23 PM   #6
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From what I understand, even the "correct" anglicized pronounciation sounds "off" to a German.

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Old 10-13-2005, 12:29 AM   #7
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Cool As a native german speaker .....
The correct pronunciation is Porsch - e ,with a short 'e' at the end, not an uh.

incidently, a bit of useless trivia, my uncle went to school with two of Ferry Porsche's sons, in Stuttgart. Well, that was part of the justification I used to my wife ...........
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