Should a breeder be able to spell their dog's breed name?

AdrianneIsabel · Jun 1, 2011

Laurelin said:

You poor thing.... :rofl1:

MandyPug · Jun 1, 2011

You can't screw up Pug... Or at least i'd hope not lol.

Laurelin · Jun 1, 2011

AdrianneIsabel said:

I forgot the always fun pappyon. Or Pappion.

PlottMom · Jun 1, 2011

Dear lord yes. I would never ever EVER purchase from a breeder who couldn't spell the breed of dog that I am trusting them to be an EXPERT on!

Toller_08 · Jun 1, 2011

If you're breeding dogs, at bare minimum you should know how to spell the breed's name. No way would I ever, ever support a breeder who couldn't at least do that much.

Sit Stay · Jun 1, 2011

I don't know how people can keep messing up "Shepherd". Honestly, from what I've seen it's probably one of the most misspelled words ever. Obviously I don't see it a lot referring to Shepherds of the English variety LOL, but I've seen it misspelled by all sorts of German Shepherd and Australian Shepherd (often mini) BYBs.

I've seen:
Shephard
Sheppard
Shepperd
Sheperd
Shepard
etc etc etc.

Drives me up the freakin' wall.

~Jessie~ · Jun 1, 2011

Sit Stay said:

I don't know how people can keep messing up "Shepherd". Honestly, from what I've seen it's probably one of the most misspelled words ever. Obviously I don't see it a lot referring to Shepherds of the English variety LOL, but I've seen it misspelled by all sorts of German Shepherd and Australian Shepherd (often mini) BYBs.

I've seen:
Shephard
Sheppard
Shepperd
Sheperd
Shepard
etc etc etc.

Drives me up the freakin' wall.

That's another one that bothers me as well :yikes:

Moth · Jun 1, 2011

I think if you own it and breed it you should know how to spell it

Now I can see a simple mistake happening, but to have bunches of them in the same add/website...that says something else entirely.

Laurelin · Jun 1, 2011

For anyone curious it's papillon.

P-A-P-I-L-L-O-N.

One p, two l's, and on, not ion.

Sit Stay · Jun 1, 2011

ETA: My computer needs to stop lying to me and telling me it didn't post stuff when it did, LOL

Chewbecca · Jun 1, 2011

Laurelin said:

On most days, I'm lucky if I can even PRONOUNCE your breed's name.:lol-sign:
It took an "Angie's List" commercial for me to be even know how to pronounce it. Uh, and that's assuming that the lady in the commercial pronounced it correctly.:lol-sign:
Whoosh!

Sorry, I had just never heard the breed's name pronounced before.

Laurelin · Jun 1, 2011

Chewbecca said:

Oh don't worry, I get lots of people asking about the breed that have read the name but don't know how to say it. Most people come up and ask if they're 'pap-ill-eons'. So you're definitely not alone!

I've never seen the angie's list commercial but I say 'pap-ee-on'. (I'm really bad at spelling things phonetically. pap-ee-ahn might be closer. But the L's are silent at any rate.)

I just figure if you breed them you should be able to spell and say it.

Dekka · Jun 1, 2011

how does the person in the commercial say it? Could be due to the french influence here that pretty much everyone says pap ee aun

Renee750il · Jun 1, 2011

Now, if the breeder were dyslexic or had some problem like that, or even someone who might be functionally illiterate but had been breeding their lines for (human) generations that would be a whole 'nother story.

milos_mommy · Jun 1, 2011

I've never heard anyone say papillon any way besides "pap-ee-ahn" or some very similar variation of that. Thankfully.

One of my favorites was hearing a woman say "I have a chee-who-ah-who-ah".

oakash · Jun 1, 2011

milos_mommy said:

When I'm being silly (AKA myself) that's how I pronounce it. But not around other people then my family, and I know how to actually pronounce it. Its just funner the other way

Chewbecca · Jun 1, 2011

Dekka said:

She says it like Laurelin.

Dekka · Jun 1, 2011

Which is pretty much how I have heard it, just not really with much 'h' sound as the french don't really say H's

Saeleofu · Jun 1, 2011

It's pretty hard to mess up "collie"

Althoguh I have typo'd and written "coolie" before. Therefore I spell "koolie" wityh a K

I have, however, seen "smooth haired collies" and "short hair collies." It's smooth collie. That's it. Oh and ruff collie. lol

Laurelin · Jun 1, 2011

Dekka said:

When I speak ahn, aun, and on sound pretty much the same.

Should a breeder be able to spell their dog's breed name?

Should a breeder be able to spell their dog's breed name?

Yes, of course

No, it doesn't matter. Some names are tricky to spell!

Maybe, depending on how hard/long the breed name is

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