Puke, Pooch, Puck, Putch?

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Toadmund

Toadmund

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How do you pronounce Puch, as in Puch head?

Not that I really care, it's just one of those things that drive me nuts.
Not that I am terribly interested in getting a Puch head, I just come across the Puch word so many times and I wonder how I am supposed to pronounce it (Puch).

(Perhaps I am not alone here?)

Look at that Puch in the window!
I think I'm gonna Puch!
He hit the Puch into the net!
 
wheelbender6

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I have always been told it is pronounced "push". However, my son says they pronounce it as Bikeguy Joe said (Pook) in many parts of the fatherland.
 
GearNut

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A few years ago I went to a local lawnmower shop looking for a part for an old Sachs two stroke lawn mower. The guy behind the counter never heard of Sachs before. He started getting a little pissy with me and called up his boss on the phone just to see if I was messing with him. His boss straightened that one out really quick!

Now to get to the point, How does one pronounce Sachs?
I was taught that is like "socks".
The socks on your feet.
Has anyone here heard any differently?
 
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Allen_Wrench

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GearNut said:
A few years ago I went to a local lawnmower shop looking for a part for an old Sachs two stroke lawn mower. The guy behind the counter never heard of Sachs before. He started getting a little pissy with me and called up his boss on the phone just to see if I was messing with him. His boss straightened that one out really quick!

Now to get to the point, How does one pronounce Sachs?
I was taught that is like "socks".
The socks on your feet.
Has anyone here heard any differently?
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Should be pronounced "socks". The "A" in "Sachs" is like the "A" in "Drama" or "rama lama ding dong". The "ch" in "Sachs" is pronounced like a "k" if you're from most of Germany, or if you're from Bavaria or parts of the south (as my family was) the sound it makes is part way between a hard "K" and hacking up a hairball.
Now the "u" in Puch: I've never seen it with umlauts (i.e. ü) so I have to assume it would sound like "pook" and rhyme with "look". That's as much as I know.
 
maurtis

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Wow, thanks for posting this! I had always assumed it was pronounced pyoo-ch. Why? I have no idea... That is probably how one of the all-knowing super cool teens riding one pronounced it when I was 12, lol.
 
Bikeguy Joe

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I got the pronunciation from an old ad that says "It rhymes with book".

Just so you know I am not bs-ing anyone. :)
 
AslansMonkey

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You said it rhymes with "look"
Then you said it rhymes with "book"
I guess proper rhyming's all it took
to get the proper sound for Puch.

Ok, guess I'm not a poet. Back to my day job.
 
2door

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Okay, do you drive a Porsh...or a Porsh-a? :)
There's a company that makes air conditioning filters; Koch. No, it ain't 'cotch' Rhymes with 'book'.
Tom
 
Dan

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LOL, I really enjoy threads like this.

I've always said "push" and elongated the U sort of. No idea if that is right.
 
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