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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about
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Mine was "daschund". I always thought that was a separate breed from a "doxen".
Even after being educated on how the word is actually pronounced, I still purposefully pronounce it literally "daschund". Fuck 'em - should've spelled it better.
Daschund is pronounced like "daak' snd" in case anyone else didn't realize this. My mind is blown.
It is spelled Dachshund (Dachs-Hund, German, lit. Badger-Dog, as the breed was created to hunt foxes and badgers in their burrows)
It is pronounced Dax Hunt (good example by a native german speaker: https://youtu.be/6aveG0N6Jtc?si=mzCsfrVA95VJZggG )
Funnily enough though, in Germany they're mostly called Dackel, not Dachshund!
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Daschund is pronounced like "daak' snd" in case anyone else didn't realize this. My mind is blown.
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