How do YOU pronounce Porsche?

[JTP]

Y'all say Porch?

[roadracer311]

Living in San Francisco and driving a boxster, there are two mis-pronunciations that bother me on a regular basis:

Don't call it "Frisco"
and don't call it a "Porsh"

[Adam]

Originally Posted by roadracer311

Living in San Francisco and driving a boxster, there are two mis-pronunciations that bother me on a regular basis:

Don't call it "Frisco"
and don't call it a "Porsh"

Seriously, that bothers you? I think 99% of Americans pronounce it Porsh so you really must be bothered on a pretty regular basis.

[vath2001]

How I pronounce it: Eff You Enn, FUN!
I don't know the German word

[roadracer311]

Originally Posted by Adam

Seriously, that bothers you? I think 99% of Americans pronounce it Porsh so you really must be bothered on a pretty regular basis.

I really don't hear people call it a "porsh" very often. But then I rarely leave the city.

[Lobo1186]

ya i hear porsch(silent e) all the time. but ive also heard some people from some regions of the US call it NIKE (long I silent E) which is interesting. but at the end of the day every languange butchers words from the another one so its all good.

[Paul]

When I met Peter Porsche for the first time, he said: "Hi, I'm Peter Por sha." Then he autographed the inside of my hood.

[roadracer311]

Originally Posted by Paul

When I met Peter Porsche for the first time, he said: "Hi, I'm Peter Por sha." Then he autographed the inside of my hood.

Outstanding!

[landrovered]

Originally Posted by Lobo1186

ya i hear porsch(silent e) all the time. but ive also heard some people from some regions of the US call it NIKE (long I silent E) which is interesting. but at the end of the day every languange butchers words from the another one so its all good.

Chevrolet
US = chev-ro-lay
France = chev-ro-let

Moet y chandon
US=mo-ey
France= mo-et

Filet Mignon
US = fil-eh
France = feel - eh
UK = filit

Porsche
GMBH = pour - sha
US = porsch

Don't feel bad in other countries the slaughter english all the time, probably the most annoying is in Greece where they are convinced that a silent "e" is actually pronounced as "uh" followed by an ackward pause.

[Gary H]

Originally Posted by landrovered

Chevrolet
US = chev-ro-lay
France = chev-ro-let

Moet y chandon
US=mo-ey
France= mo-et

Filet Mignon
US = fil-eh
France = feel - eh
UK = filit

Porsche
GMBH = pour - sha
US = porsch

Don't feel bad in other countries the slaughter english all the time, probably the most annoying is in Greece where they are convinced that a silent "e" is actually pronounced as "uh" followed by an ackward pause.

I'm Sorry, but I don't know where you got your information from!
I don't know of anywhere where Moet isn't pronounced anything but 'mo-ey', a 'Filet -o-fish' or 'Filet Mignon' will always be pronounced 'Fil-ay' because it's a name. A Fillet (pronounced Fil-et) would be used to describe a cut of meat or the noun - 'to fillet'.

I'm in the 'Porscha' depending on my mood