To ask when dachshunds became 'dash hounds'?

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I've always known their name to be pronounced 'dahks-hunts' or 'daks-hunds' - given it's a German word and all that. Suddenly though, I hear people with sausage dogs calling them 'dash-unds' or even 'dash-hounds'. When did this happen? Is there a reason for it, like when German shepherd dogs were temporarily rebranded as Alsatians?

Going back to the two ton bum hole...I would imagine it's so that they can be more visible when down a badger sett or warren. Never thought about that really and I'm currently looking at one!

It’s incorrect pronunciation. A bit like people always saying Škoda like Skoda without the ‘ssh’ sound that the Š makes. Tried telling a British Škoda salesman that a few years ago and he told me I was out of my mind. Love hearing that radio ads now with the correct pronunciation and think of him 😂

@Hardbackwriter how do people say guacamole? I wasn’t aware of a pronunciation other than gwack - a - mole - ay (my rough attempt at writing it phonetically!)

I'm sure they are sweethearts @LightDrizzle but lord, those arses!

Why does this bother you?

It’s just thick people surely? The name hasn’t changed at all. Most people know how to pronounce it.

Please share the outcome of your research!

My grandparents always has tan ones, so didn't have the bum hole issue... but I know exactly what you mean! And it is the case with any black and tan breed. It is like their arsehole is being highlighted.

I have always known and called them "dack-sons".

I’ve worked with dogs as both a vet nurse and dog walker and I can’t pronounce dachshund properly so always call them sausage dogs in a jokey way.. like an ‘I absolutely know how to pronounce dachshund but today I’m calling them sausages just for fun’ kind of way.

Me? As I said, I've noticed a change in pronunciation and am curious about it. Like - have I just been unaware, is it a local thing, or what?

I haven’t noticed anyone call them dashhounds - only ever the dacksund version of dachshund, and I do know three families who have them. I don’t know about general popularity of ownership but they seem to be a favourite with designers - they are all over socks and home textile items !

@XenoBitch I had a Black and Tan mongrel and it's true her bum hole was more visible but she was a shepherd type dog so longer haired. But the little porkers have such smooth fur that it really stands out. I can never unsee it!

Do you also wonder why Brits pronounce the French word ‘lieutenant’ as “leftenant’?

Language evolves.

I call them Hot Dogs 🌭

If you think dachshund is bad... how do you pronounce weimaraner?

It's the same with any black and white tan dog isn't it? Black with tan muzzle, 'eyebrows', paws and rear.

The really odd thing is why so many different breeds can have this distinctive Black and Tan colouring (or chocolate/tan) -sometimes it's the standard colouration (Doberman and miniature pinschers, Manchester terriers, Rottweilers) but some breeds where there's other possibilities as with dachshunds where there's red shorthairs (and nowadays dapples), and lots of different colours for longhairs and wires.

Words get anglicanised over time if used a lot. Like hotel. Frankly the sooner people start saying chorizo with an English accent rather the abomination that is 'choritzo' the better, ironically saying chorizzo would be closer to how some Spanish speakers say it.

I had an interesting conversation with my MIL who is a native Spanish speaker. We were talking (in English) about Cervantes's masterpiece and she called it 'Don /kwɪkˈsɒt/'. Now obviously as a native Spanish speaker she knows how to pronounce Quixote but she has lived in the UK since the 60s so presumably in the 60s Brits pronounced Quixote in an anglicanised way so she learnt to say that in English whereas now I think most educated Brits would make an attempt at the Spanish pronounciation. Of course we say quixotic with completely anglicanised pronounciation /kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/

Or Belgian malinois!

I've always called the dakshunds because that's what they called it in the film "the ugly dachshund'

I recall a time when everyone started calling them 'Daxies'.
Maybe they still do, I don't have a dog anymore so am not meeting so many people who talk about their dogs.

Can I just say that I've read on another thread tonight that they are the second most dangerous breed of dog in the world ...?

Yes, come to think of it! I've always heard it pronounced that way though, like so many other Anglicised words.

With the sausage dogs, it's more like noticing for the first time that people are buying up Rottweiler pups and calling them Redwailers or something.

Good point about Rotties and Dobermans @ErrolTheRednosedDragon. I think I've noticed it with sausages as they are everywhere. I rarely if ever meet a Rottie or Doberman these days.

Dack suns.
Thought Alsations were a different breed to German Shepherds 🤔