Well ! Get on with it then ......................BTW just visited you country, first time in 54 years.....why did it take me so long.....Watch out, I'm coming back ...you can teach me a bit of "American" then

For a long time I thought pronouncing Porsche as a two syllable word was a bit affected, untill I had occasion to do some work for PCNA. There was no question that they wanted their name pronounced correctly and from then on I have always used Porsch a. It is after all their name and it is simply rude to pronounce it incorrectly.

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Esse is percipi

Its not an optional matter or one for opinions. Either you are informed and say it correctly or you are wrong. I correct non-owners while trying not to be pompous and while giving them the "family name" reasoning. With owners who say Porsh, I talk about the weather.

Hilarious.

I think our Euro rejecting British brothers are just hung up on their pounds and stones.

History is history and we are all jolly good friends now, but if some country launched rockets at us we might not bend over backwards to pronounce words native to their land correctly.

Kind of like how Americans say Jagwire. LOL.

Still angry over that whole spat over the east coast of the US. What we Californians refer to as "Western France". New York City, Boston. Fine French cities.

God help us if they start selling "Vahx-Halls" over here, by the way.

I will keep saying Freants in as nasally a tone as I can muster (no Frahnce for this Yank), and you can say Porsh. Deal? :-)

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2008 Guards Red Cayman GT 3.4
"Carpe Cayman"

You really don't want to buy a Vauxhall - it's a GM company.

That's a Deal..

Why do you feel self-conscious? Because your pronouncing it correctly

Where is that t-shirt? My wife has it so it must be true!

Porsch a' is a two syllable word?

I say Porsh-ah when I'm referring to the make. Porsh when I'm referring to my car. 'Cuz I can call my car whatever I want, but I respect the proper name pronunciation of the automaker. Context.

I mix it up; depends on the company. Some people get annoyed with "Porscha," others, typically enthusiasts and natives, get annoyed with the Americanized version. I aim to please.

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In Italy all say PORSCH, me too