How do you pronounce Porsche?

[DOCG]

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[Buster73]

Porsh, and I’m well,aware it’s wrong but can’t stop myself.

[cerb4.5lee]

Buster73 said:

Porsh, and I’m well,aware it’s wrong but can’t stop myself.

I'm Porsh too. However I'm not that posh to be fair though!

If you're posh then you tend to say Porsha from what I've observed.

[Heathwood]

Definitely Porsh. I feel a tit saying Porsha.

[964Cup]

I'm German, so I don't really have a choice.

[RDMcG]

Never really thought about it but basically Pawshah.

[NDA]

Heathwood said:

Definitely Porsh. I feel a tit saying Porsha.

Same.

[mark-3bw80]

Porsh and not Porsha, that feels snooty and I'm not snooty.

[TownIdiot]

So should we be saying
Porsha neun elf?
Or
Neun eins eins?

[Megaflow]

NDA said:

Heathwood said:

Definitely Porsh. I feel a tit saying Porsha.

Same.

Yep.

[Hoofy]

Depends. At a Porsche meet, the German way. In general conversation, the British way (but not the London way).

[FriedMarsBar]

Heathwood said:

Definitely Porsh. I feel a tit saying Porsha.

Ditto

[Filibuster]

Heathwood said:

Definitely Porsh. I feel a tit saying Porsha.

Yes, because it isch Porsche

Being german speaking and in Switzerland, I pronounce it correctly.
When speaking english, I either say "Porsh" or deliberately say it in german "Porsche".

I find it odd too if an english speaker affected pronounce it "Porsheahhhhhh" like Joey in Friends

Also have a look here:

https://www.porsche.com/stories/culture/how-to-pro...

[eyebeebe]

Filibuster said:

Yes, because it isch Porsche

Being german speaking and in Switzerland, I pronounce it correctly.
When speaking english, I either say "Porsh" or deliberately say it in german "Porsche".

I find it odd too if an english speaker affected pronounce it "Porsheahhhhhh" like Joey in Friends

Also have a look here:

https://www.porsche.com/stories/culture/how-to-pro...

No idea about the Friends reference, but I do the same living in Switzerland too.

[Neil1323bolts]

It’s definitely not Porsha , she’s a 90’s porn star

[Super Sonic]

On a similar theme, how do you pronounce BMW?

[mep59]

eyebeebe said:

No idea about the Friends reference, but I do the same living in Switzerland too.

One more in Switzerland, though in fFrench for me, so ‘porsh’ …

[the-norseman]

Buster73 said:

Porsh, and I’m well,aware it’s wrong but can’t stop myself.

Same, when I had my 981 I tried to start saying Porsha but sounded like a prat.

[Grantstown]

I think Brits are conditioned to feel uncomfortable when trying to use foreign languages. Personally I don’t think there’s any shame in saying it the German way, but equally I’m not against hearing it said in the international way.

[the-norseman]

Grantstown said:

I think Brits are conditioned to feel uncomfortable when trying to use foreign languages. Personally I don’t think there’s any shame in saying it the German way, but equally I’m not against hearing it said in the international way.

I'm working class british, didn't do well in English at school, well I passed with a C. I speak broken Italian.

But I felt/sounded a right wally saying Porsha instead of Porsh.