Dory the Doted One Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Purebred Maltese sheshitzu, West Highlander (this one drives me batty)...geez I can't remember anymore of them so many. The ones I love/loathe are the clients that proudly tell you their dogs breed like you are an idiot who knows nothing, and then they stuff up the pronunciation and breed origin anyway. (OMG...the crap some 'breeders' tell people). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleuri Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Pretty much I suppose.Most showies/breeders say 'yon' rather than 'ahn' as the last syllable. Phalene is another story... I've heard so many pronunciations for that, I'm not quite sure which is right!! But I do say it as 'fay-leen'. Actually the 'yon' makes more sense as in french double LL is pronunced as Y . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyla Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My Rhodesian Ridgeback has been called:Rhodesian HunchbackRhodesian Redback and angry My pet hate is Labradore. Even by reg breeders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mita Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My Rhodesian Ridgeback has been called:Rhodesian Hunchback I'd just recovered from Lousy Aspros & laughing fit to crack ribs. Now this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My Rhodesian Ridgeback has been called:Rhodesian Hunchback I'd just recovered from Lousy Aspros & laughing fit to crack ribs. Now this! I have to agree those are pearlers! I have had Whippits and Devo dogs........and the OH wondered why there was no way any of my Whippets would ever be called Devo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My pet hate BELGIUM Shepherds.Groenendahl and Tervueren are easy. It's the Mals and Laks that have people going. What is the correct pronounciation for those, took me long enough to get the Mali's right! Groan-en-darl Ter-ver-en Mal-en-wah Lak-en-wah 'ois' is pronounced 'wah' in French (and in Belgian also I suppose) Thank you - I shall practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HugL Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Spent quite a few years doing paperwork for obedience club and some breeds I've never forgotten rockwheeler shit zoo and the ultimate.... SHUG! I ran this one past the head instructor as owner didn't know. Turned out to be Shih-tzu x pug - talk about ingrown hairs around the face!!! Why are the general public so dumb about this stuff??? How can they ever be educated, especially when "breeders" can't get it right in the paper ads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Dog Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was watching Dogs 101 on foxtel and they were talking about 'designer hybrid dogs'. I laughed so hard when i heard about the Chiweenie (Chihuahua x Dachshund) being known as either a Mexican Hotdog or a German Taco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra777 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 And the ever-popular Cairns Terrier. Obviously likes a more tropical climate than the Cairn Terrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voloclydes Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 guess the OH silly nicknames for the spots aren't so bad... dalstupid.... after said dalstupid has headbutted the table 10 times in a row... he know he cannot fit under it... but never gives up trying. dumbmatain.... for above reason... or as OH says not a sharp tool but still a tool. although the OH did have a couple of customers convinced that's their breed! some folks are trusting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsrawesome Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The one that annoys me is german shepard or sheperd or i seen the other day purebred malamute husky.... really? do they mean Siberian husky or Alaskan malamute haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory the Doted One Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Oh...I forgot about the Siberian Malamutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tay. Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 My pet hate BELGIUM Shepherds.Groenendahl and Tervueren are easy. It's the Mals and Laks that have people going. What is the correct pronounciation for those, took me long enough to get the Mali's right! Groan-en-darl Ter-ver-en Mal-en-wah Lak-en-wah 'ois' is pronounced 'wah' in French (and in Belgian also I suppose) Thank you - I shall practice x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Q Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was pronouncing Malinois as Mal-in-noi for aggges. Its hard with some breeds though when you read about them but never get a chance to hear how they are pronounced, I still wonder about these. Ovcharka (Is it just like its spelt?) Cane Corso Bouvier des Flandres (I'm always too scared to talk about them because I can't say it) Italian Spinone (is it really Spin-own-ee like it plays in my head?) Fila Brasileiro (I know BSL means they arn't around but I love the breed anyway) Basset Fauve de Bretagne (Another breed I'm too unsure to mention out loud) And Daschund (I'm embaressed that I've never had anyone correct me but I know Dash-Hound is wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paptacular! Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was pronouncing Malinois as Mal-in-noi for aggges. Its hard with some breeds though when you read about them but never get a chance to hear how they are pronounced, I still wonder about these. Ovcharka (Is it just like its spelt?) Cane Corso - Car-nay Core-so Bouvier des Flandres (I'm always too scared to talk about them because I can't say it) Italian Spinone (is it really Spin-own-ee like it plays in my head?) - Pretty sure it's Spin-own Fila Brasileiro (I know BSL means they arn't around but I love the breed anyway) Basset Fauve de Bretagne (Another breed I'm too unsure to mention out loud) And Daschund (I'm embaressed that I've never had anyone correct me but I know Dash-Hound is wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawsaroundoz Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The funniest creative spelling and pronounciation of any breed I ever heard came from a friends young daughter many years ago now but I always think of the breed as such! The child kept referring to 'that Wild Banana dog over there'......Yep it was a Weimaraner! Annie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielle Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 The worst I've ever heard came from the boss at the first grooming salon I worked at. He informed me that we had a "Doggy-deb-a-doe" booked in. I was like "what?" and he repeated it. Sure enough, half an hour later arrived a "dogue de Bordeaux"! He also used to call Lhasa Apso's "larso apsies", and one day tried to edumacate me that the "Skippakey" (Schipperke) only comes in black. This guy owns a chain of grooming salons and was an absolute moron to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenGirl85 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) I was pronouncing Malinois as Mal-in-noi for aggges. Its hard with some breeds though when you read about them but never get a chance to hear how they are pronounced, I still wonder about these. Ovcharka (Is it just like its spelt?) Cane Corso Bouvier des Flandres (I'm always too scared to talk about them because I can't say it) Italian Spinone (is it really Spin-own-ee like it plays in my head?) Fila Brasileiro (I know BSL means they arn't around but I love the breed anyway) Basset Fauve de Bretagne (Another breed I'm too unsure to mention out loud) And Daschund (I'm embaressed that I've never had anyone correct me but I know Dash-Hound is wrong) Im pretty sure its Dux-hund...or something to that effect Id see Cane Corso as the italian pronunciation "Car-ne Cor-so" Edited March 1, 2011 by GoldenGirl85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Breeds being referred to as Breads, breeders as breaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paptacular! Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Breeds being referred to as Breads, breeders as breaders. Add 'purebread' to that list too! The scourge of Petlink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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