[Spridgets] Porsches and eBay, no Spridget content

[davriker at nwi.net]

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




> Mark,
> When someone pays me a compliment and calls me "Mr. Sohve" instead of
> So-ah-vay as it is intended, I politely thank them for the compliment
> before
> making a correction, if at all. Doing it the way Chris did gives "car
> guys" a
> bad name.
>
> --- On Sat, 7/31/10, Mark Wemple <markwemple at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
> From: Mark Wemple <markwemple at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsches
> and  eBay, no Spridget content
>> To: "Ron Soave" <soavero at yahoo.com>
>> Date:
> Saturday, July 31, 2010, 8:15 AM
>> Just out of curiosity, do you like it
>> or
> dislike it whan someone mis-pronounces
>> your name, especially when they know
> how to do it
>> correctly. Porsche is a family
>> name, a family name that IS
> pronounced Porsch-a. Like it or
>> dislike it. If you
>> can't say it
> correctly, you're not a car guy. Dumbass,
>> maybe, car guy, no.
>>  Mark D.
> Wemple, Esq.
>> 359 Dun Robbin Drive
>> Severna Park, Maryland 21146
>>
>>
>>
> Tel. (410) 987-5831/ Fax. (410) 987-1410
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message
> ----
>> From: Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com>
>> To: Spridgets
> <spridgets at autox.team.net>;
>> Dave G. <kk7ss at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Fri, July
> 30, 2010 11:06:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsches and eBay, no Spridget
>> content
>>
>> --- On Fri, 7/30/10, Dave G. <kk7ss at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
> Did he pronounce it "Porsh-sha" ??
>> > He must have got his knickers in a
> twist,,, !!
>>
>> In the early 2000s I worked for a guy who had a 1980s Ford
>>
> Escort he drove
>> daily. Upon getting a large bonus, he bought a 911. When he
>> came in with it, one
>> of the guys (a very regal Armenian) said, "Ah,
> Chris...I
>> see you brought the
>> Porsche today. It looks beautiful." Chris
> replied
>> "Por-SHA!! Por-SHA!! It's
>> pronounced Por-SHA!!"
>>
>>
>> So the
> next day he drives the Escort.
>>
>> Of course, as he walks in the Armenian
> says "Ah, Chris...I
>> see you brought the
>> Escort-tah today...".
>>
>>
>>
> Beautiful.
>>
>> Ron
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