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It's official, according to Business Insider - "Por-sha" BoxsterBob - San Carlos - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 4:43:13 pm |
Some time (couple of years?).... MarcW - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 5:18:22 pm |
My son's mother in law mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 5:44:31 pm |
Re: Some time (couple of years?).... Ed B - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 9:19:20 am |
Spoken like a businessman, but I still want to pronounce it correctly unless in doing so makes... MarcW - Tuesday, 8 May, 2012, at 3:23:28 pm |
Re: It's official, according to Business Insider - "Por-sha" KevinR-MedinaOhio - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 7:21:14 pm |
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But then my last name isn't pronounced like it is in Germany either. I'm guessing somewhere around WW I it got changed in Ohio.
Actually, it is how the Austrian people pronounce it... SPG356 - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 8:45:37 pm |
Re: Actually, it is how the Austrian people pronounce it...that is the ones who Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 9:33:31 pm |
Re: Actually, it is how the Austrian people pronounce it...that is the ones who SPG356 - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 10:18:55 pm |
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Guenter in Ontario
speak German (most of them do), just like Canadians and Americans speak English.
Re: Actually, it is how the Austrian people pronounce it...that is the ones who Leor ('09S, North of Boston) - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 11:18:28 pm |
Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 11:30:17 pm |
Re: Actually, it is how the Austrian people pronounce it...that is the ones who Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 11:28:47 pm |
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SPG356
Hi Guenter,
You are absolutely correct, but my point is made by your comparisons: Don't you ( an English speaking Canadian resident/citizen) pronounce the same words a bit differently from me, born and raised in the US?
Czechoslavakian Laz - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 9:42:09 pm |
Re: Czechoslavakian Guenter in Ontario - Thursday, 3 May, 2012, at 11:32:33 pm |
"Fighter for glory" isn't bad. *NM* Laz - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 1:40:29 am |
Re: Czechoslavakian NuovaZeta - Tuesday, 8 May, 2012, at 12:58:03 pm |
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Laz
Came across credible evidence once (pre-internet) that the name "Porsche" is "Borislav" Germanicized.
How do the Deutschlanders pronounce it? Bobtesa - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 9:20:25 am |
Re: How do the Deutschlanders pronounce it? Guenter in Ontario - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 9:30:32 am |
that woman's pronounciation is way off. frogster - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 4:40:38 pm |
Excellent description, Grenouillester: "uh" with a little bit of breath. *NM* Laz - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 4:49:13 pm |
Re: that woman's pronounciation is way off. Tino - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 7:53:27 pm |
The way Germans pronounce it is not the only correct way Boxsterra - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 8:33:00 pm |
there's the american way… frogster - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 11:09:25 pm |
Re: there's the American way…, and there is the German way Bobtesa - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 7:54:12 am |
And then there's ..... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 8:08:08 am |
A reasonable point, but maybe not played out in reality Bobtesa - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 8:20:07 am |
I got to thinking why I left off the end most times when pronouncing the brand mikefocke, '01S Sanford, NC - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 10:29:45 am |
Then we better rethink our pronunciation of Budweiser Boxsterra - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 1:18:52 pm |
If you insist on being "correct" then y'all better stop pronouncing the "r" in "Porsche" Boxsterra - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 1:41:13 pm |
Speaking of "y'all" maybe that's a regional thing: southern Germans have a bit of a drawl. Laz - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 2:41:18 pm |
i just remembered how the spanish pronounce Vick's Vapor Rub frogster - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 3:30:53 pm |
England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw *NM* Laz - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 4:24:13 pm |
Re: there's the American way…, and there is the German way KevinR-MedinaOhio - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 12:53:22 pm |
bob, i'm pulling your (and everyone else's) leg frogster - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 2:16:10 pm |
Answer: with tongue in cheek. *NM* Laz - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 2:33:19 pm |
Re: Answer: with tongue in cheek. - great answer, thanks! Bobtesa - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 3:55:28 pm |
As long as you ask for the beer and the bathroom in that order. *NM* Laz - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 4:25:11 pm |
Re: Answer: with tongue in cheek. - great answer, thanks! frogster - Saturday, 5 May, 2012, at 4:32:17 pm |
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Bobtesa
Frogster and everyone else, I cetainly took no offense at anything said in this discussion and I hope no one else did. There isn't a right or wrong way.
Re: It's official, according to Business Insider - "Por-sha"... and Wheat Thins Tino - Friday, 4 May, 2012, at 8:44:13 pm |