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  • WilD

    Sept. 28, 2009 10:13 a.m. WilD Reader

    AngryCorvair wrote:

    lowered and on Fuchs. i like the way you think. or as DILYSI Dave will probably say, "Fuch Yeah!"

    This got me thinking... I often read about these wheels but have never talked to a knowledgeable person about them. What is the proper pronuciation? berkeleys, fooks, something else?

  • joepaluch

    Sept. 28, 2009 10:16 a.m. joepaluch New Reader

    few-ks

  • BoxheadTim

    Sept. 28, 2009 10:21 a.m. BoxheadTim Reader

    The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

  • Carrera4

    Sept. 28, 2009 10:56 a.m. Carrera4 Reader

    BoxheadTim wrote:

    The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

    Just make sure it's a hard "u". Use the soft "u" and you might upset some nuns, or end up on Saturday Night Live.

  • maroon92

    Sept. 28, 2009 11:11 a.m. maroon92 UltraDork

    Fyouck

  • Feedyurhed

    Sept. 28, 2009 12:46 p.m. Feedyurhed HalfDork

    Or how about the age old debate over the pronunciation of the name Porsche itself. Por-shu or Porsh.

  • M030

    Sept. 28, 2009 12:53 p.m. M030 Reader

    BoxheadTim wrote:

    The correct German pronunciation would be the equivalent of 'fooks' pronounced with a short 'u'. Fuchs means 'fox' in German so if you substitute the 'o' in fox with a 'u' you're pretty close.

    I am fluent in German and can confirm that this is correct.

    As for how to say Porsche, the correct German pronunciation is: "Porsh - eh"

    An "e" at the end of a German word makes the "eh" sound...

    (This explanation holds unless you're from Maine, where "eh" is pronounced "ay!")

    Another one that gets me is when people say "Awe-di" for Audi. "Au" in German make exactly the same noise as "ow" in English, hence "Ow-di"

  • Kramer

    Sept. 28, 2009 1:12 p.m. Kramer HalfDork

    M030 wrote: Another one that gets me is when people say "Awe-di" for Audi. "Au" in German make exactly the same noise as "ow" in English, hence "Ow-di"

    Like the beer Lowenbrau. It's not lo-en-BRA. That's what old women wear to keep their boobs from hanging to their waistline.

  • John Brown

    Sept. 28, 2009 1:49 p.m. John Brown MegaDork

    maroon92 wrote:

    Fyouck

    Eff you back okay!

  • EricM

    Sept. 28, 2009 1:51 p.m. EricM HalfDork

    "Phone Dial" that is how I pronounce my wheelse, that are others like:

    Cookie cutters

    Big Phone dials.

    Etc.

  • WilD

    Sept. 28, 2009 2:47 p.m. WilD Reader

    Fuch phone dials....

    But to distill something I can use from the above, would the pronunciation "few-ks" be resonably good for a lazy american to use? If so, I think I can pull that off.

  • maroon92

    Sept. 28, 2009 4:30 p.m. maroon92 UltraDork

  • toddgreene

    Sept. 28, 2009 5:32 p.m. toddgreene New Reader

    In reply to M030:

    Hmmm... That makes perfect sense. So it's pronounced like Dr. Ferdinand Porsche's name.

  • Feedyurhed

    Sept. 28, 2009 8:13 p.m. Feedyurhed HalfDork

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    As for how to say Porsche, the correct German pronunciation is: "Porsh - eh"

    An "e" at the end of a German word makes the "eh" sound...

    Thank you. I already knew that but it is always nice to have it confirmed again.

 

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