Dachshund

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Hi, posting quickly for traffic. Please settle a stupid debate.

If I used the word dachshund would you know what I was referring to?

Yanbu- yes I know
Yabu- no I don't know

Thanks

Yes

There are loads where I live! Mainly mini wire-haired, but a few mini smooth, and a few standards, approx 2 smooths to every 3 wires.

However, I haven't seen a long-haired of either size for ages, they must be out of fashion.

I used to know someone who bred mini wires. They were fantastic little dogs, really bold and funny. However, she said that they were a nightmare to housetrain and, being small, could wriggle under sofas and things to crap. She reckoned if you pulled out all her furniture, you'd be bound to find daxie shit somewhere.

I can't see a dachshund without grinning, there's something so comical about them.

Yes. I remember the family where I had singing lessons had one. Hated anyone not family unless he got to know them well. Beautiful dog.
I would never have one though.

Sausage dog.
They are a popular breed at the moment and seem to be every where.
Very sweet 😊

My query- is it pronounced dash-hund or dax-und? I've heard both. Or is it something else entirely?

Thank you. It is the breed of dog yes, nothing more exciting than that. I used the word in a sentence and DH hadn't heard of it, didn't know what I was taking and insisted that "most people" wouldn't know what it was.

I disagreed, think it's a fairly well known word and so we put it to the test. Thanks for proving me right, some of the replies have made me laugh. Off to Google images now, didn't realize they were so cute!

Taking= talking about

Oh no. Is this a new sex thing I haven't heard of!

I would have thought that everyone would know what a daschund is.

The question is how do you pronounce it? Everyone I know says dashoond. My mum's first language was German so I have always pronounced it as daks-hoont, which is the German pronunciation.

Daks-hund.

And they're adorable. The most character of any dog I've ever met

I deplore the pronunciations of the word Dachshund I hear so often.

"Dash- hound" is the most common- in all senses of the word.

Ooo pronunciation really annoys me. It’s daks-hund. With the daks having a kind of x sound and the hund a sort of elongated u. Hund ends with the same sound as und (and in German).

I have a miniature (not by choice). He’s incredibly sweet (when he wants to be). I would never choose one though. They have the biggest bark instinct going, brilliant guard dogs if you don’t mind the never ending false alarms because you shut a door upstairs etc.. They are also highly likely to end up with back problems unless you take serious and sustained precautions to prevent it. He’s also a greedy little piglet, but that’s kind of cute.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who says it properly. I'm in South Yorkshire, and no-one I know says it properly.

Yes! My mum has two little miniatures and they are the lights of my life.

Dd has the tiniest mini daxie I've seen. He's seven months now and utterly adorable. Such a huge character in a very small dog.
He runs rings around DD. Haven't half missed him over lockdown.

I AM SO PLEASED PEOPLE COMMENTING ON PRONUNCIATION!!!!!

I always say DAX-Hund, and no one seems to have any bloody idea what I mean!!

Not a fan of the breed though (sorry -MIL has one and it put me off...)

Yes. The parks are heaving with them in the 'old money' posh bits of London. (& of course, with Labs) I've always wanted one. They have big personalities.

Yes. I have an accidental unwanted cross breed. Mum was a mini dachshund (or daxie as I say). Best little mate.

I should add very much wanted by me! Just not the people who’s prized daxie got knocked up by a scruffy terrier. But he’s perfect.

Frank(furter).
The biggest littlest dog I've ever met.

Any pics, Egg?

So cute, Frank? Still a pup?

Yes. X

Yes...reminds me of my one called Jeffrey

Yes. Next door have one. She thinks she's a rottweiler though! I pronounce it Germanically. It means Badger dog.