How do you pronounce "PUCH" ?
04-17-06, 07:32 PM
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i've always liked pronouncing it "putch" like butch. when all else fails, the most amusing pronunciation is the best.
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puk, or pook either one. I have a Marco Polo and my wife has a Pacifica. I still ride the Marco Polo all the time.
04-17-06, 09:17 PM
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In the U.S., it used to be pronounced MOPED.
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04-17-06, 09:37 PM
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Connie Carpenter - who used to ride for the Puch women's team - pronounced it Pook.
Trivia Question: who was the sponsor of the men's counterpart to the Puch team?
Trivia Question: who was the sponsor of the men's counterpart to the Puch team?
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Originally Posted by EventServices
Connie Carpenter - who used to ride for the Puch women's team - pronounced it Pook.
Trivia Question: who was the sponsor of the men's counterpart to the Puch team?
Trivia Question: who was the sponsor of the men's counterpart to the Puch team?
Actually, I'm racking my brain, and I can't remember any high profile men's teams that rode on Puch... maybe an early version the East Side Wheelmen before they became 7-Eleven?
And for what it's worth, I used to work in a shop that sold Puch, and we always pronounced it "Pook". But that could easily have been a tomato / toMAHto kind of thing. I was only 14 at the time, so I just went along with how everyone else pronounced it.
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Sorry guys, but all your suggestions on how to pronounce Puch is wrong. 
Correct pronounciation is PUCH!
Just kidding, but it is German and the P is a P, the U an U And the ch is the same as the first sound of Shut up. So the correct pronounciation of Puch is very close to your push!
Listen:
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Correct pronounciation is PUCH!
Just kidding, but it is German and the P is a P, the U an U And the ch is the same as the first sound of Shut up. So the correct pronounciation of Puch is very close to your push!
Listen:
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05-09-17, 06:07 AM
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Based on my 3 years of getting C's in high school German, I've always pronounced it "poosh". However, if I remember German correctly, "ch" is also pronounced like the "k" sound in certain dialects, so "pook" absolutely could be and probably is, correct.
05-09-17, 06:25 AM
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From my high school German, it would be Pook with a hard K at the end.
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Trivia Question: who was the sponsor of the men's counterpart to the Puch team?
Shame! Shame!
I know @EventServices still posts here, maybe he can come answer this for us.
05-09-17, 07:28 AM
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You're all wrong. It's pronounced Sram.
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In the first 10 seconds of this video, Puch is pronounced by a native. This particular "ch" sound does not exist in English.
While we are at it, these names are pronounced with the similar "ch" :
Bach - as in Johann Sebastian
Mach - as in Ernst - Mach 1, etc. (necessary for the BF speedsters)
While we are at it, these names are pronounced with the similar "ch" :
Bach - as in Johann Sebastian
Mach - as in Ernst - Mach 1, etc. (necessary for the BF speedsters)
05-09-17, 08:07 AM
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.. like get off and push. it's an Austrian company. I had one, they pronounced it, JC Higgins.. back in the 50's
the Austrian company was the source for Sears.
the Austrian company was the source for Sears.
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Sram in our language, Slovenian language, means "Shame" 
Speaking of language, ... the dude was called actually "Puh", but he had a factory in Osterreich - Graz so the name ended sounding German which is "Puch"
But yeah, don't mind me, i'm just acting as a smartass.
Speaking of language, ... the dude was called actually "Puh", but he had a factory in Osterreich - Graz so the name ended sounding German which is "Puch"
But yeah, don't mind me, i'm just acting as a smartass.
05-09-17, 09:51 PM
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In the first 10 seconds of this video, Puch is pronounced by a native. This particular "ch" sound does not exist in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJiLsSkROCk
While we are at it, these names are pronounced with the similar "ch" :
Bach - as in Johann Sebastian
Mach - as in Ernst - Mach 1, etc. (necessary for the BF speedsters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJiLsSkROCk
While we are at it, these names are pronounced with the similar "ch" :
Bach - as in Johann Sebastian
Mach - as in Ernst - Mach 1, etc. (necessary for the BF speedsters)
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