{"id":36788,"date":"2018-06-27T16:49:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T07:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/?p=36788"},"modified":"2018-11-06T07:35:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T22:35:10","slug":"how-to-pronounce-porsche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/en\/entry\/how-to-pronounce-porsche\/","title":{"rendered":"I Listened to Porsche\u2019s Official YouTube Video on the Correct Pronunciation of \u201cPorsche\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"style3a\">Joining My Husband on a Business Trip to the U.S.<\/h3>\n<p>Next month, due to my husband\u2019s business trip, my daughters and I will be going to the U.S. for about a week. Since we\u2019ll be there, we\u2019re planning to visit the <strong>Porsche Experience Center Los Angeles (PECLA)<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3a\">What\u2019s the Correct Way to Pronounce \u201cPorsche\u201d?<\/h3>\n<p>It suddenly got me wondering. In Japan, we clearly say \u201cPorushe\u201d (\u30dd\u30eb\u30b7\u30a7), but <strong>how do Americans pronounce it?<\/strong> If I get a chance to chat with locals and say something like, <strong>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see the Porsche effect!\u201d<\/strong>, how should I pronounce it so they understand?  <\/p>\n<p>By the way, my 4-year-old daughter can\u2019t quite say Porsche properly and calls it \u201cP\u014dshi,\u201d but surely that\u2019s not right (-_-)\u2026  <\/p>\n<p>Then my husband showed me this video.  <\/p>\n<p>Its title is <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cHow to pronounce Porsche.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Im2eYuGdmfY\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nSurprisingly, <strong>Porsche officially uploaded a video on YouTube explaining the correct pronunciation of \u201cPorsche.\u201d<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>The YouTube description says this:  <\/p>\n<p class=\"well2\">Have you ever wondered about the right way to pronounce Porsche? Or do you know someone who pronounces it in a wrong way? Be sure to let them know about this video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"well2\">Have you ever wanted to know the correct way to pronounce Porsche? Or do you know someone who pronounces it incorrectly? If so, please be sure to share this video with them.<\/p>\n<p>Something like that?  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3a\">Apparently, Many People Mispronounce It.<\/h3>\n<p>The fact that Porsche felt the need to upload a video about the correct pronunciation suggests that many people get it wrong. After some research, it seems <strong>English speakers often pronounce Porsche differently from the original<\/strong> (maybe on TV shows?), and in response, Porsche officially posted this video.  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">it\u2019s been viewed over 1.6 million times!!<\/span><br \/>\nSo, with a bit of excitement, I watched the video right away.  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style3a\">Let\u2019s Watch the YouTube Video.<\/h3>\n<p>At first, this screen appears.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8-2018-06-27-16.21.04.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"385\" \/><br \/>\nA man quietly says \u201cPorsche\u201d twice at normal speed.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.panamera-life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30f3\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30c8-2018-06-27-16.21.34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"380\" \/><br \/>\nThen he breaks it down into \u201cPor\u201d and \u201csche,\u201d saying each part twice.  <\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s it.  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u2026What!? That\u2019s all!? It\u2019s over already ( \uff9f\u0434\uff9f )!?<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>The video is just 15 seconds long.  <\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, it sounds like \u201cPorshuh.\u201d <strong>It\u2019s a sound between \u201cpa\u201d and \u201cpo,\u201d like \u201cPorshuh.\u201d<\/strong> It\u2019s probably a sound that doesn\u2019t exist in Japanese.  <\/p>\n<p>But after listening over and over, I started to get confused about what exactly I was hearing. Reading the English comments, I saw the word \u201cParshuh,\u201d so maybe \u201cParsha\u201d is closer.  <\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m thinking I\u2019ll try saying \u201cParsha\u201d when I\u2019m in the U.S. and see if it gets through (\uffe3\u30fc\uffe3)  <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not a returnee nor fluent in German, so I can\u2019t explain it well\u2014please check it out with your own ears (lol).  <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video again.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Im2eYuGdmfY\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joining My Husband on a Business Trip to the U.S. Next month, due to my husband\u2019s business trip, my daughters and I will be going to the U.S. for about a week. 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