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What is the right way to pronounce "Porsche"

Porsche, a German proper name, is correctly pronounced PORSH-eh (IPA: /ˈpɔrʃə/).
Some tend to over-vocalize the e, which results in Por-SCHA (/pɔrˈʃʌ/). Others mistakenly treat the e as silent, a pronunciation rule that applies to most words in English and French, but not in German, producing the monosyllabic porsh (/pɔrʃ/).

I found this on a Google search and all of friends in Germany agree, "Porsch" sounds the worst.
 
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I thought it was pooshay
 
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Other automotive pronounciations:

Mahle- Mah-lee
Lancia- Lan-chia
Ruf- roof
Bilstein- beil-shtien
 
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"eh" is "A" in Canadian...."so that's a Porsch EH?"
 
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i usually just get "*****"
 
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The Canadian "EH" is a little too long. Cut the "H" in half.
 
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when in my RS, it's "oh yeah!"
 
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when in my GT3, it's "Por-sheeeeeeett"
 
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Porsch-UH
 
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Sorry, "uh-uh". It's "PORSH-eh" as in "eh, WTF"....
 
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When my daughter was 2 she called it the

ROOOOOOOOOOOM ROOOOOOOOOOM !!


at 16 she calls the TT "That stupid car that you won't let me drive".

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....and how about boo-ghatti?
 


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