[Spridgets] Porsches and eBay, no Spridget content

[Jay]

This probably isn't the proper time to ask about the proper pronunciation of 
Citroen.

 jay fishbein
wallingford, ct





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From: Bud Osbourne <abcoz at hky.com>
To: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com; davriker at nwi.net; spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, August 7, 2010 4:48:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsches and  eBay, no Spridget content

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