but if I can afford a "Poor-Shay", this means I am affluent, and MY
affluence DESERVES proper respect, EVEN when discussing my overpriced VW
car.
Remember this, ya damned commoner!!! <BG>
Brad
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 5:44 PM, <davriker@nwi.net> wrote:
> 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@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
> > From: Mark Wemple <markwemple@yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Porsches
> > and eBay, no Spridget content
> >> To: "Ron Soave" <soavero@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@yahoo.com>
> >> To: Spridgets
> > <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
> >> Dave G. <kk7ss@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@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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