Tbh i think hitler was the only angry German ever, because i live in amsterdam and the city centre is full of german tourist. Tbh they’re actually all nice and quiet (almost timid) people.
I hate when youtubers calls Porsche "Porsch", especially if they say "Porsche or Porsche it doesn't matter." It does matter,because its Ferdinads last name. Porsche not Porsch.It is like calling Michael Jordan "Jord". Here in Latvia we call Porsche " Porscheee"
TheSoulEater121 Well, missspelled is a different story. They don't do it on purpose, they just sometimes forget or don't know the correct spelling knowing that it's a foreign name.
not really truth, i'm ukrainian, and we still have some differences, for example it sounds like: merSedes(accentuation on last E); BMW in ukrainian and russian has some sound "VE" on the end, but not as it sounds in english, it's strong sound E in our languages and some other different sounds
I remember (I'm 24) getting in a small argument in 1st Grade Music Class with a girl about how to pronounce Porsche. She kept saying Porsh. It frustrated me so much! hahaha
i had a German teacher in high school who would make the joke that if we bought him a new bmw then he would give us an A, but he always pronounced it the German way and now that's just how I say it naturally. I actually have to think about saying it the American way
Everyone I know in the USA has always pronounced Porsche correctly. I've also taught people the correct pronunciation before myself. I knew these already but it's so nice to make a video with all of them together for people!
Thank you, Thomas! I am learning German right now. I love the language so much. 💖 I love pronouncing thing in the way the people who *MADE* them would pronounce them! I think those ways sounds much better than how Americans say it. I love the original pronunciations more... Danke, Thomas! ❤
Finally! The REAL pronunciation of Porsche & Volkswagen. I've engaged in countless arguments about this w/o really knowing the correct way to pronounce these. Thanks for the lesson.
Thankyou for these videos, very interesting. It is amazing to think that it was recently announced, that native English people are genetically identical to native German people, thru DNA tests. Of course, this makes sense, as the "Angles" (Engl-ishs), are a German tribe, and the "Saxons" are also a German tribe, with the "Normans" (North Men) being descendants of Vikings in France....so Germanic as well. Which makes it even more stupid re the World Wars. Of course the Germans expected the English to be their allies in both conflicts....but politics got in the way. Nearly every "white" person in the USA and Australia are of English/German heritage, as am I. I love the difference in the 2 languages pronunciations. Like Dime-ler in German, is Dame-ler in English, Porsha = Porshh, Owdee in German, we use to say AuWdee in English, but most people say Owdee like the natives now. Things like the chocolate Ness-lay we use to say Nessles.......Of course I live in a City named after the mid 1800s German queen of England "Queen Adelaide", which of course, she was christened "Adelheid" in German, which is modern German form of Old German which would have been "Adalheidis" which meant nobility. Languages certainly are interesting, especially the difference of modern German to ancient Germanian (English) mixed with Latin, and Viking and Celt (Picts). Keep the videos coming.
Thanks Thomas, I was looking for a video like this (on RUclips) for a long time. This is a great services to those North-american whom are verbally challenged and makeup their own words to pronounce european cars.
I've heard a lot of Americans say "Or-dee" for Audi. And apparently, accordng to my German cousin, BMW stands for Bayerische Mist Wagen and not Bayerische Motoren Werke.
In Belgium whe say alsmost every car brand exactly the same as in Germany. At least in the Flanders. And also Thomas, you are my favorite car reviewer. Very detailed with lots of passion and information. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium.
I hope you'll do more of these short films that are not strictly reviews. I find them very interesting and since they are bite-sized, I can watch them while eating my lunch or something like that. Thanks as always.
Once apon a time, Vauxhall and Opel were there own separate entities until bring acquired by GM, the way Vauxhall is pronounced varies slightly depending on where in the UK your from but where I'm from its pronounced "vox-sul"
And therefore, it should be pronunced as in Spanish. The closest would be “mehr-seh-dehs”, but with a strong ‘th’ or ‘z’ sound, with the tongue trapped between your teeth. Thanks for the video!
Nice one there Thomas. A M Gee.. I remember during the 70's-80's I really liked tuner/designer/modder BB ( Rainer Buchmann ). Not only is the BB insignia/emblem so cool looking but the cars which was mostly done in white were so very distinctive and futuristic.
I think Europeans do a better job of pronouncing it right but my Americans butcher it. Imagine a comedy show ridiculing the idea of naming a child mercedes. The irony, so laughable. I am American btw.
@@Kya1942 Why ridicule? The Mercedes car (built by Daimler) was named after a girl of the Spanish name Mercedes (= mercy / grace). You've got the car(t) before the (w)hor(s)e.
Superb video Thomas. Appreciate you taking time to help us with this. After looking at this video I realize we here Asians pronounce most of the brands incorrectly. But this video helps!! Kudos!!
I was surprised when he started with AMG as similar videos start with well known brands like BMW or Porsche. Then I realized it's alphabetically ordered. This much of attention to detail... very well done guys, very well :)
Not quite related but my Dad drives a 2008 Mercedes GL, its a massive car and so we gave it the nickname 'Panzerwagen' because obviously its a tank. Little did I actually know that Panzerwagen is actually German for Armoured Car. We didn't know this buts its an interesting way to learn a language.
Mercedes is actually a Spanish name and not a German name. Very common female name in Spanish speaking areas. Of course both will cost you a lot of money.
Obviously this video is intended for anglo americans. Not to mention how they pronounce Ferrari without a single R. And just try to omit or change the letters in their names or god forbid you pronounce it in your own way they would make fun of you, but when they do then it’s okay. Especially every, and I mean every car show host who also makes a living from it. Feuaui, Mursidis, Porscha, Odi...and yes, you have to pronounce the abbreviations in the language from which they are located so that everyone understands what it is about. if a non-anglo-american uttered your words and abbreviations in his own language you would not like it or understand him. And it doesn’t matter that most people understand english because otherwise we can abolish all other languages if they don’t have their own identity whatsoever. Not to mention that they are the only ones in the world to use Imperial units (sorry, only third world countries u.s., Liberia and Myanmar), but we will do that on another occasion
Depemding where you are in Germany, People don’t call the Mercedes a Mercedes. For example when you are in the region of Swabian they will call it Daimler an when you go more up north like Mannheim they call it Benz
I noticed that most "R"s are pronounced differently. Similar to the french way of saying it. I remember somebody once told me that the O with the dots above it, like Ö would be an "eh" and "sch" would become "sk" resulting in "Pörsche" being pronounced "Persk"
That was very thoughtful of you Thomas. Thank you for sharing this I always want to keep the pronunciation as is in the original language. The hardest for me I guess is folksvagen...takes some time although my friends will think I'm crazy :)
So, for an English speaker, would you say the correct pronounciation of Porsche is closer to "Por-shuh", "Por-sheh", or "Por-shah"? I've heard what sounds like all of them from different people, and was hoping to get a definitive answer on this, but your video didn't quite clear it up for me. It sounds to me like you are saying it closer to "Por-shuh". I've also seen other German videos where they clearly say it more like "Por-sheh". If you had to draw the line and choose one to give us non-German speakers some guidance, which would it be? (perhaps there is some regional variance even within different parts of Germany? or is it actually a sound somewhere in between that isn't present or used in English?) Thanks (btw, I discovered your channel while looking for the answer to this question. Love the vids!)
This was GREAT! I can't stand the mispronunciations! Actually, in America, nobody says "Por-shee," but they do very often say just "Porsh," and that drives me crazy. Thanks so much for this video.
Just visited Germany. Worked with a guy that didn’t know we pronounced VW as “Vee-Double-U”. He was dying laughing because it seemed so ridiculous to him.
I'm thinking that Garmin could hire Autogefuhl to create a new voice. "Turn right in 500 feet. LOOK LEFT! It's a Lamborghini! Listen to that engine roar. Ok, turn right now."
***** We get Homer Simpson on Garmin, why not Thomas? He could alert you to cheap gas stations, where to drive to enjoy your car fully, pinpoint luxury/sport cars driving near you, etc.
Thanks goodness I got the Porsche right all along. Heck all of Germans brands was very easy to pronounce get since it match the 3rd language used in Singapore.
It´s amazing how close the german pronounciation is to the way we say things in Denmark. The only slight difference would be Mercedes because we don´t really pronounce the "D".
interesting video. the folk here in australia commonly refer to porsche, pronounced as 'poorsh' or 'pawsh', and volkswagen is 'veedub' or 'volkswagon', and yes there are very weird individuals who call mercedes 'mer-see-dees'.
It is perfectly legitimate to have a uniquely English style pronunciation of German names and words over here in Amerika. In Germany and other nonEnglish countries, they pronounce English names in their own particular way, and that's all right, too.
This video is great, the way that you are spelling AMG and BMW is the same as we do in Norway. By the way, in Norway we call the Volkswagen "Folkevogn" because the norwegian word for volks=folke=peoples, and wagen=vogn=wagon.
AMG 0:41
Audi 1:02
BMW 1:15
Brabus 1:31
Daimler 1:44
Ford 1:55 \ 2:04
Mercedes 2:12
Opel 2:42
Porsche 2:59
Smart 3:23
VW 3:35
It’s only a 4 mins video but thx
Why Ford exists here 😂
Opel💪
Where is ALPINA?
Thank you, you're a legend.
i'm disappointed, he is not an angry german.....
😂👌🏻
Then you should meet a russian
Tbh i think hitler was the only angry German ever, because i live in amsterdam and the city centre is full of german tourist. Tbh they’re actually all nice and quiet (almost timid) people.
@@cristobalbalenciaga7295 Yes. Also Hitler was an Austrian.
Otz23 I knew that, but none europeans are oblivious to this fact
2:54 This is how Opel drivers communicate between each other.
Hahaha
Fun fact, here in Sweden we sometimes translate the name "Volkswagen" into the swedish equivalent, "Folkvagn"
We do this in the Netherlands as well. Guess what the translation is? ... Volkswagen. 🙃
@@notstan7677😂
Taught me more German than what my school has ever taught me
+FollTrace :-)
I hate when youtubers calls Porsche "Porsch", especially if they say "Porsche or Porsche it doesn't matter." It does matter,because its Ferdinads last name. Porsche not Porsch.It is like calling Michael Jordan "Jord". Here in Latvia we call Porsche " Porscheee"
Porsche or Porsch it doesn't matter* btw great video.Was cool
+Armands Deglavs I hear a lot of Porsch (sometimes Porscher), pee-joe, Citron, Jag-war, Mitsibushi and Furrari...
Just a Random Dude :(
TheSoulEater121 Well, missspelled is a different story. They don't do it on purpose, they just sometimes forget or don't know the correct spelling knowing that it's a foreign name.
Armands Deglavs what about americans -porsch-A lol
In Ukrainian all these german brands are pronounced in the same way as in German
Interesting!
not really truth, i'm ukrainian, and we still have some differences, for example it sounds like: merSedes(accentuation on last E); BMW in ukrainian and russian has some sound "VE" on the end, but not as it sounds in english, it's strong sound E in our languages and some other different sounds
Same in Bulgarian!
Same in Serbian
Johny Shutoff
same in Russian and any other non-retarded language
Clark Kent !!!
😂😂
Klaus Kent 👌🏾
Clark Kenthausen!
@@tayterlik Danke for replies Guys, yes he fits to act as Clark Kent/Superman
lmao amg "i am gay"
Well we all hear what we want to XD let that sink in!
Samy Adi lol im german and i never noticed it xD
jajajaj te la bañas papa¡
Wow, Mercedes trolled us hard.
Samy Adi , hahaha lmao 😀
here's some Finns ones
Mersu - Mercedes
Rellu - Renault
Bemari - BMW
pösö - Peugeot
sitikka - Citroën
Volkkari - Volkswagen
+blocksterz awesome =)
+blocksterz Well those are just nicknames, nothing to do with the pronunciation. Same as Beemer or Merc in English...
Hahaha, good, in Bulgarian - nicknames: Hlopel (clatter); Magarcedes (magare=donkey), Sutien (Citroen) - brassiere; Shkodilak.
Goodness, my countrymen refer to the three-pointed star as "Chedeng".
*Merc is short for Mercury.* Benz is short for Mercedes Benz.
I remember (I'm 24) getting in a small argument in 1st Grade Music Class with a girl about how to pronounce Porsche. She kept saying Porsh. It frustrated me so much! hahaha
send her the video =)
A girl... says all.
She sounds like an effin capitol B
Did you slap her?
@@KinkyNothing he slap her alright ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Sir honestly what would I do without you Really grateful for making our pronunciation perfect...
Wow, in Hungary, we pronounce all of these in a very similar way. I was particularly surprised by AMG, BMW and Mercedes.
Quite interesting! Knowledge is always welcome in any shape or form.
+scotie690 :)
My favourite RUclips channel! I really enjoyed this video
Hey Norman, thank you :)
I much appreciate the videos.
i had a German teacher in high school who would make the joke that if we bought him a new bmw then he would give us an A, but he always pronounced it the German way and now that's just how I say it naturally. I actually have to think about saying it the American way
Thanks Thomas ! outstanding presentation as always :D
+Manny Echaluce you're welcome. Hopefully you learnt a lot :D
Everyone I know in the USA has always pronounced Porsche correctly. I've also taught people the correct pronunciation before myself. I knew these already but it's so nice to make a video with all of them together for people!
+MrCarGuy20 great u like it !
+Autogefühl but how do you prenounce Porsche in Ferdinand Porsche?
@@Corrado234567 the same
it's obviously his name
Thank you, Thomas! I am learning German right now. I love the language so much. 💖
I love pronouncing thing in the way the people who *MADE* them would pronounce them! I think those ways sounds much better than how Americans say it. I love the original pronunciations more...
Danke, Thomas! ❤
cheers =)
Here is a deceased auto company with a German name, but it was made in South Bend Indiana. Studebaker.
cant wait for the next episode: how to speak German in general^^
+sabufinisher haha =)
You misspelled your sentence! I believe you wanted to write "how to speak like a German general" :)
Finally! The REAL pronunciation of Porsche & Volkswagen. I've engaged in countless arguments about this w/o really knowing the correct way to pronounce these. Thanks for the lesson.
=)
2nd pronunciation video with the missing brands: ruclips.net/video/igsFLzSQl_A/видео.html
Does that mean I can confuse everyone in the US by saying "Folkswagon"?
Thankyou for these videos, very interesting. It is amazing to think that it was recently announced, that native English people are genetically identical to native German people, thru DNA tests. Of course, this makes sense, as the "Angles" (Engl-ishs), are a German tribe, and the "Saxons" are also a German tribe, with the "Normans" (North Men) being descendants of Vikings in France....so Germanic as well. Which makes it even more stupid re the World Wars. Of course the Germans expected the English to be their allies in both conflicts....but politics got in the way. Nearly every "white" person in the USA and Australia are of English/German heritage, as am I. I love the difference in the 2 languages pronunciations. Like Dime-ler in German, is Dame-ler in English, Porsha = Porshh, Owdee in German, we use to say AuWdee in English, but most people say Owdee like the natives now. Things like the chocolate Ness-lay we use to say Nessles.......Of course I live in a City named after the mid 1800s German queen of England "Queen Adelaide", which of course, she was christened "Adelheid" in German, which is modern German form of Old German which would have been "Adalheidis" which meant nobility. Languages certainly are interesting, especially the difference of modern German to ancient Germanian (English) mixed with Latin, and Viking and Celt (Picts). Keep the videos coming.
1:52 Dylan, Dylan, Dylan. Because i spit hot fire
Exactly what I thought of lmao
Michael s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Interesting to see Abbadon likes cars
Knew I would find this in the comments haha.
Danke, Don-Ke, Danke
:>
From the movie Shrek :D
@Manny Echaluce No, dance is Africans for thank you
Thanks Thomas, I was looking for a video like this (on RUclips) for a long time. This is a great services to those North-american whom are verbally challenged and makeup their own words to pronounce european cars.
Great!
The English seem to insist on pronouncing EVERYTHING the way it would sound if spelled that way in English.
quite right as well
Every language does this to an extent with its loanwords.
Unless it is explained to us ... what other pronunciation exemplar would we use?
@Neurofunke Ok, so go tell Japanese people to stop saying "chokoretto"
Bruno TaTa How about the word "orchid"?
I've heard a lot of Americans say "Or-dee" for Audi.
And apparently, accordng to my German cousin, BMW stands for Bayerische Mist Wagen and not Bayerische Motoren Werke.
+OldVillain lol =)
Thank you!! Very nice video..Have a great day!
+styldsteel1 you as well
+styldsteel1 👌
Finally I can now pronounce German car brands correctly. Thanks buddy.
+Repudite Gamer007 you're welcome!
+Repudite Gamer007 you're welcome!
You had me at Porsche.
+Jason Schauer hehe
In Belgium whe say alsmost every car brand exactly the same as in Germany. At least in the Flanders. And also Thomas, you are my favorite car reviewer. Very detailed with lots of passion and information. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium.
He sounds especially sexy when pronouncing "Volkswagen"
121bham same lol
Big gay
@@corneliusscipio777 Grow up.
@@driftingastronaut Grow up, kid.
@@ClaireYunFarronXIII hahaha, "kid"... I am not under the LGBTI dictatorship. Then fuck you bitch 🖕🏻
I hope you'll do more of these short films that are not strictly reviews. I find them very interesting and since they are bite-sized, I can watch them while eating my lunch or something like that. Thanks as always.
+Kuryan T sure will do!
Wunderbar!
Endlich einer der es den anderen zeigt
Opel is Vauxhall in the UK
+Acrimonious Oxide 👍
Holden in Australia.
Open in Germany, Vauxhall in UK and there is also HSV
Once apon a time, Vauxhall and Opel were there own separate entities until bring acquired by GM, the way Vauxhall is pronounced varies slightly depending on where in the UK your from but where I'm from its pronounced "vox-sul"
But Vauxhall is British... a British marque.
Funnily enough, Mercedes is actually a Spanish 🇪🇸 name. Good job Thomas, very interesting 👍🏻
😎
And therefore, it should be pronunced as in Spanish. The closest would be “mehr-seh-dehs”, but with a strong ‘th’ or ‘z’ sound, with the tongue trapped between your teeth.
Thanks for the video!
Mmm so cute. Great accent.
Thank you. I wasn't sure on Porsche because of so many variations. Now I know.
+James Boxall u re welcome :)
Thanks very interesting video 😁😁😁have a nice day 😀
I hope all the other guys doing the car videos will listen to this Good job THOMAS
cheers Jeff!
Very useful, thank you
ypu're welcome :)
Audi is the Latin translation of Horch, the surname of the company's founder, and Mercedes is of Spanish origin
Dear Brits and Americans, German pronunciation for AMG is AMG and not AMG!
Nice one there Thomas. A M Gee.. I remember during the 70's-80's I really liked tuner/designer/modder BB ( Rainer Buchmann ). Not only is the BB insignia/emblem so cool looking but the cars which was mostly done in white were so very distinctive and futuristic.
Thanks 🙏
In Greece most of these brands pronounced correctly. I don't know why native English speakers butchering the pronounciation...
English language butchers logic
I think Europeans do a better job of pronouncing it right but my Americans butcher it. Imagine a comedy show ridiculing the idea of naming a child mercedes. The irony, so laughable. I am American btw.
@@Kya1942 Why ridicule? The Mercedes car (built by Daimler) was named after a girl of the Spanish name Mercedes (= mercy / grace). You've got the car(t) before the (w)hor(s)e.
Great episode! Danke Herr Thomas :)
+Leskylor Sehr gerne.
Hate it when Brits call VW - "Volksvargen". Even on the adverts.
+Martin Jones "Volksvargen" or "VolksWargen" wont make it better,at the end of the day,its still a VW.
I'm more annoyed by how they Nissan as "NISS-uhn." Like, why?
Martin Jones or "Wolkswaygon"
They say like the german Woulksvargen
@@thecommentingnoodle1086 or
Be-em-double u....
It's BMW, God damn!
Superb video Thomas. Appreciate you taking time to help us with this. After looking at this video I realize we here Asians pronounce most of the brands incorrectly. But this video helps!! Kudos!!
+Umang Goel you re welcome !
2:35 Mertzeides
I was surprised when he started with AMG as similar videos start with well known brands like BMW or Porsche. Then I realized it's alphabetically ordered. This much of attention to detail... very well done guys, very well :)
+Cenk Isik 😎
AMG: I am gay
0:55
Not quite related but my Dad drives a 2008 Mercedes GL, its a massive car and so we gave it the nickname 'Panzerwagen' because obviously its a tank. Little did I actually know that Panzerwagen is actually German for Armoured Car. We didn't know this buts its an interesting way to learn a language.
Interesting ;)
Sometimes, the german pronunciation looks like to french
+Wold OliviO oh la la, le Citroen et le Peugeot! Its funny that we spell Peugeot correct like in French but Citroen in a very weird German way :)
***** Zitroän ? :D
+Autogefühl Yes it's kind of strange :D But at least, the pronunciation of the "r" is the same in french and german !
+Radioaktivify without the ä, without the double-syllable. Some say Zitrön. :D
nice episode!! good work!!
+tino matic thanks m8 !
+Autogefühl you must be the best car chanel on youtube.awesome quality,good jokes and you care about your fans.you are awesome!!!:)))
+tino matic always trying our best! You give us the motivation to go further
Love to hear that!
It was very informative thank you very much I learned a lot now i can finally pronounce the German cars the German way :)
+John Bernard appreciated!
Always looking after subscribers, thank you!
+Masoga Kekana you are great guys!
Ausgezeichnete Aufklärung, Grusse aus Mexiko
Mercedes is actually a Spanish name and not a German name. Very common female name in Spanish speaking areas. Of course both will cost you a lot of money.
Obviously this video is intended for anglo americans. Not to mention how they pronounce Ferrari without a single R. And just try to omit or change the letters in their names or god forbid you pronounce it in your own way they would make fun of you, but when they do then it’s okay. Especially every, and I mean every car show host who also makes a living from it. Feuaui, Mursidis, Porscha, Odi...and yes, you have to pronounce the abbreviations in the language from which they are located so that everyone understands what it is about. if a non-anglo-american uttered your words and abbreviations in his own language you would not like it or understand him. And it doesn’t matter that most people understand english because otherwise we can abolish all other languages if they don’t have their own identity whatsoever.
Not to mention that they are the only ones in the world to use Imperial units (sorry, only third world countries u.s., Liberia and Myanmar), but we will do that on another occasion
He knew what we all came here for and kept it for last.
Sitting on them leather seat's : )
How do you say "Getrag", transmission company.
Daimler in the UK is 'Dame-ler' and Volkswagen is Volks-wagen, not vagen.
TheSoulEater121 - no, we pronounce it Volks not wolks.
Just learn how to do it
Volksvagen most people in UK would say.
I just love your reviews you are pleasing to listen and view, relaxing videos, plus your english is very good. Cheers.
+Marko Pehar love to hear that m8 !
In my country
I said BMW "Bee Eem Wee"
and VW "VeeWee"
which country? :)
Indonesia
greetings!
In Australia it's 'Krautwagon' (affectionately, of course).
I was referring to a 'Vee-Dub' (Beetle).
That great! I enjoy all your presentations.
Stay with us!
Despite the shit we both siad the other day i actually like you ,your charmingly German.
+Maximus Decimus Meridius hehe, thanks. I like spiced up discussions. The only way to get people thinking.
+Autogefühl i was looking forward to playing referee again 😂
+Maximus Decimus Meridius Hmm, missed this. Sounds interesting... ;)
Depemding where you are in Germany, People don’t call the Mercedes a Mercedes. For example when you are in the region of Swabian they will call it Daimler an when you go more up north like Mannheim they call it Benz
How do you say "You're really hot" in German ;)
+Jane A u could literally translate that with heiss ;)
Du bist super heiß
Smooth
Du bist hässlich
'Du siehst heute aber ganz besonders beschissen aus' 😏
Thomas never ages 🤣
😄
ford = fuck! lol
This is brilliant, and why you are the best Thomas! Or is it Tomas?!
😎 with h
Thank you. That was excellent. Your videos are amazing as well.
Loved it. Thank you. Nice cross country information...subscribed
Welcome!!
Cool video man, I want to learn German it sounds cool especially when you talk. Smooth and bad ass at the same time.
😎👌
I noticed that most "R"s are pronounced differently. Similar to the french way of saying it. I remember somebody once told me that the O with the dots above it, like Ö would be an "eh" and "sch" would become "sk" resulting in "Pörsche" being pronounced "Persk"
Sch never becomes sk
That was very thoughtful of you Thomas. Thank you for sharing this I always want to keep the pronunciation as is in the original language. The hardest for me I guess is folksvagen...takes some time although my friends will think I'm crazy :)
Hihi :)
Thanks! Very interesting! Greetings from Chile, South America.
great, keep tuning in! =)
So, for an English speaker, would you say the correct pronounciation of Porsche is closer to "Por-shuh", "Por-sheh", or "Por-shah"?
I've heard what sounds like all of them from different people, and was hoping to get a definitive answer on this, but your video didn't quite clear it up for me.
It sounds to me like you are saying it closer to "Por-shuh".
I've also seen other German videos where they clearly say it more like "Por-sheh".
If you had to draw the line and choose one to give us non-German speakers some guidance, which would it be?
(perhaps there is some regional variance even within different parts of Germany? or is it actually a sound somewhere in between that isn't present or used in English?)
Thanks
(btw, I discovered your channel while looking for the answer to this question. Love the vids!)
Great u joined us! Did u repeat the video? Furthermore, i ll do a follow up episode which will contain more porsche
CarbonToaster porshuh.. There isnt a way to spell it for english speaking persons, just how He said
Most say 'porsh'
Thanks for the German pronunciations and for doing it in alphabetical order - also very German. :)
=)
This was GREAT! I can't stand the mispronunciations! Actually, in America, nobody says "Por-shee," but they do very often say just "Porsh," and that drives me crazy. Thanks so much for this video.
:)
This was concise and to the point, unlike the Japanese names that had all kinds of elaborate explanations and overcomplicated theories
Just visited Germany. Worked with a guy that didn’t know we pronounced VW as “Vee-Double-U”. He was dying laughing because it seemed so ridiculous to him.
heheh
Hullo!Muchas gracias,desde ahora y gracias a Usted....ya sé algo más de su lengua nativa Alemana!Saludos cordiales desde ...Spanien!
I'm thinking that Garmin could hire Autogefuhl to create a new voice. "Turn right in 500 feet. LOOK LEFT! It's a Lamborghini! Listen to that engine roar. Ok, turn right now."
+gbriank1 haha =)
*****
We get Homer Simpson on Garmin, why not Thomas? He could alert you to cheap gas stations, where to drive to enjoy your car fully, pinpoint luxury/sport cars driving near you, etc.
"The speed limit is 60 here. Why aren't you going 80? Speed up, man! Schnell! Schnell!!!"
Really helpful- vielen dank, Thomas
gerne :)
The chill german guy
Best Language Teacher Ever!!
+Techancati maybe I should reskill
Thanks goodness I got the Porsche right all along. Heck all of Germans brands was very easy to pronounce get since it match the 3rd language used in Singapore.
How do you pronounce Scirocco?
The one bit strange for me was the abreviation for volkswagen. The other ones were easy. Danke
It´s amazing how close the german pronounciation is to the way we say things in Denmark. The only slight difference would be Mercedes because we don´t really pronounce the "D".
fantastisk! :>
Tolles video :D
+Nadim Hussein Vielen Dank =)
interesting video. the folk here in australia commonly refer to porsche, pronounced as 'poorsh' or 'pawsh', and volkswagen is 'veedub' or 'volkswagon', and yes there are very weird individuals who call mercedes 'mer-see-dees'.
+ozzycarnut :>
thanks for all the videos!!! because of your channel I've come to love german cars more then the rest "das auto" 👍🏻
=)
It is perfectly legitimate to have a uniquely English style pronunciation of German names and words over here in Amerika. In Germany and other nonEnglish countries, they pronounce English names in their own particular way, and that's all right, too.
yeah it's fine, language lives; just for everyone who is interested in knowing how the original pronunciation is
Teacher of the year! :)
+World Traveler东北 hha =)
This video is great, the way that you are spelling AMG and BMW is the same as we do in Norway. By the way, in Norway we call the Volkswagen "Folkevogn" because the norwegian word for volks=folke=peoples, and wagen=vogn=wagon.
tusind tak :)
Almost Thomas, Tusen Takk it is :)
sorry I learned Danish in studies =)
Danke für die Antwort herr Thomas :)
Danish is very close to norwegian in many ways :)