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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Daschund is pronounced like "daak' snd" in case anyone else didn't realize this. My mind is blown.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Daschund is pronounced like "daak' snd" in case anyone else didn't realize this. My mind is blown.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

  1. It is spelled Dachshund (Dachs-Hund, German, lit. Badger-Dog, as the breed was created to hunt foxes and badgers in their burrows)

  2. It is pronounced Dax Hunt (good example by a native german speaker: https://youtu.be/6aveG0N6Jtc?si=mzCsfrVA95VJZggG )

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Funnily enough though, in Germany they're mostly called Dackel, not Dachshund!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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