Now, before you read this, Wicker and Wilde urge you to #adoptdontshop. Please consider getting a companion animal from a reputable shelter or rescue and there are breed-specific rescues if you want, say, a Poodle or Shih Tzu. but the truth is that even with specific "breeds" every dog/cat/bird/iguana has its own personality just like we humans.
On with the story......btw, you may mispronounce it but that doesn't mean anyone is going to care. Rebecca Wilde worked in animal shelters for 8 years and has never heard some of these "correct" pronunciations - lol - But here is the list in case you are interested and want to sound like a dog expert.
The 10 most commonly mispronounced dog breeds . . . Here they are:
1. Dachshund . . . It's pronounced daks-hund. Or, just "wiener dog." By the way, the Aussies pronounce it "dash-hound." True story.
2. Rottweiler . . . The correct pronunciation is rot-why-ler, not rock-wahy-ler.
3. Papillon . . . It's pronounced just like the French word for butterfly: pa-pee-on.
4. Keeshond . . . It is kay-shond, not kee-shond.
5. Shih Tzu . . . There's nothing inappropriate here. It's she-dzoo.
6. Shiba Inu . . . It's a Japanese breed pronounced she-ba-ee-nu.
7. Affenpinscher . . . It's pronounced a-fuhn-pin-cher.
8. Weimaraner . . . This is a tricky one: It's vahy-muh-rah-ner.
9. Samoyed . . . It's sam-a-yed, with the emphasis on the last syllable.
10. Bichon Frise . . . It's pronounced bee-shon free-zay.
