[Spridgets] Porsches and eBay, no Spridget content

[Bud Osbourne]

I had seen Dave's post, a while back, but didn't have time to respond.
Actually (and I've owned and driven Porsches for the past 46 years), "Porsh" 
is not nor has it ever been a nick-name, like "Chevy".  "Porsh" is what the 
newbie 912, then 914, then 924, then 944 & 968, then Boxster, now Cayenne 
owners called Porsches before they knew what they had purchased (most of 
them never DID learn how to pronounce it).  Back in the day (I'm talking 
about the 50s and 60s), before Porsche became a yuppie status symbol, the 
only people who recognized a Porsche were usually true sports car 
enthusiasts and they knew how it was pronounced.  The rest of the public 
usually thought they were some kind of Karmann-Ghia and didn't pay much 
attention to them (how I yearn for those days.......).  So, basically, to 
mis-pronounce Porsche is simply another way a yuppie demonstrates his 
ignorance.  Some people think they are being anti-yuppie/anti-status 
seeker/anti-new money by using "Porsh" instead of Porsche, when actually 
they are simply flaunting their ignorance.  I've also noticed that we 
Americans seem to like to shorten names to something as close as possible to 
a sound they can make by grunting.
Am I offended by the mis-pronunciation?  Hell no.  It's not my name.  If you 
want to flaunt your ignorance, I sure as hell am not going to try to stop 
you ;)
I express my sentiments about the whole thing with a T shirt I have, which 
says (in German)  "Porsche made cars after 1965?  Who gives a shit?"
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com>
To: <davriker at nwi.net>; <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsches and eBay, no Spridget content


> Except in England when sometimes one will be called a porker.
>
> In a message dated 31/07/2010 23:47:36 GMT Daylight Time, davriker at nwi.net
> writes:
>
> Porsh is  a nick name, just like Chevy is to Chevrolet. Saying "Porsh"
> instead of  "Porshe" is as engrained in automotive lingo as Chevy is.
> So is "Jag"  instead of "Jaguar", "Bimmer" instead of BMW. Using the
> Slang term "Porsh"  is culturally correct when refering to the Car, not
> the family.
> Dave  Riker