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Porsch -uuhhhh (2 syllables)
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59.14%
Porsche (1 syllable)
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Old 09-20-04 | 04:11 PM
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Alright JLSC4... you asked for a poll.. here it is.

1. Porsch-uuhhhhhh (2 syllable)

this is where my vote is going... as i said in the other thread

I don't think Porsche would allow a mispronunciation of their name in a commercial... so if the commercial says it's 2 syllable, it is I don't really see the other side of the argument here.
2) Porsche (1 syllable)

JL's argument - only women say it with 2 syllables


and no, both pronunciations aren't correct
Old 09-20-04 | 04:46 PM
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hahhaha great poll

i find amusement in this
Old 09-20-04 | 05:09 PM
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ouch! tied. 50-50
Old 09-20-04 | 05:17 PM
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Saying Porsche as 1 syll. is as bad as people that pronounce Jaguar as "jag-waur"

look and learn.............. ----------> "JAG - U - AR"

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Old 09-20-04 | 05:21 PM
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Originally posted by O. L. T.
Saying Porsche as 1 syll. is as bad as people that pronounce Jaguar as "jag-waur"

look and learn.............. ----------> "JAG - U - AR"
you might be right

but to be honest i hate the way it sounds when the guy says it in the commercial
Old 09-20-04 | 05:36 PM
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I just started up the same poll before seeing this one.

Well, 50/50 so far. Very suprising that that many people say Porsha.

Old 09-20-04 | 05:37 PM
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Originally posted by T.L.W.
hahhaha great poll

i find amusement in this
Those smilies = You are the man.

Anyway, I pronounce it with one syllable. My parents are from Europe and they say it's always pronounced with one syllable...So, I dunno. Whatever floats your boat.

Jag-you-were (that's the right way...make sure to include Cockney accent)
Old 09-20-04 | 05:46 PM
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Old 09-20-04 | 07:21 PM
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I say it using two syllables.

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Old 09-20-04 | 07:24 PM
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Two

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Old 09-20-04 | 07:44 PM
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I say it with two syllables. I remember someone mentioning that owners say it the correct way with two syllables and non owners say it wrong with one syllable
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Calling Brendan...
Old 09-20-04 | 07:53 PM
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Originally posted by CK6Speed
I say it with two syllables. I remember someone mentioning that owners say it the correct way with two syllables and non owners say it wrong with one syllable
I know a couple of guys with Porsches and they say it with one syllable.
Old 09-20-04 | 08:38 PM
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the correct way of saying it (without getting laughed at by the German tech instructors) is Por-Scha. if you pronounce it any other way, you are miss pornouncing it. watch any Prosche tech movie or anything from any die hard Porsche fan, and theyll tell you the same. when i took the tech cert classes they made sure that we didnt say it wrong...took a little getting used to.
Old 09-20-04 | 10:20 PM
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The only cool british phoenetic pronouciations are Hurricane "Hurr-i-ken" and tornado "tor- NAH-do"


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