Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ok, I'm reading an article in my local paper they got from the Associated Press (AP!!!!! for crying out loud) about a puppy that fell 20 feet in a hole and was rescued. It read "Officials say the doxon puppy had no visible injuries but was being checked at an animal hospital." Has it come to this??? Can the Associated Press not even spell dachshund correctly??? How will I get through the rest of this day???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB in NJ Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 You're kidding, right?! :svengo: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 I wish I were. I truly am stunned. Someone at the newspaper's website posted a remark, "What is a doxon? A cross between a dog and an ox?":lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staci in MO Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I might have been able to forgive if they had used the shortened "doxie," (thought that would still be bad). My dachshund would be so offended. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 I sent an email to the Associated Press via there website offering my services as a proofreader. Why don't I feel any better? Am I really this inflexible? I'm still sitting here in a half-catatonic state. Somebody help me out here. It just doesn't seem fair that whoever wrote that article is getting paid good money and I'm smarter than they are. I'm guessing most of the children represented on this board (ok, the high schoolers anyway) are smarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich with Kids Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I prefer wiener dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ok, I'm reading an article in my local paper they got from the Associated Press (AP!!!!! for crying out loud) about a puppy that fell 20 feet in a hole and was rescued. It read "Officials say the doxon puppy had no visible injuries but was being checked at an animal hospital." Has it come to this??? Can the Associated Press not even spell dachshund correctly??? How will I get through the rest of this day???? :001_huh: Ok, I guess we are just hicks here in Texas, but I have OFTEN heard of dachhunds referred to as doxans. Maybe the add was written by someone who grew up in less sophisticated areas! LOL :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ok, I'm reading an article in my local paper they got from the Associated Press (AP!!!!! for crying out loud) about a puppy that fell 20 feet in a hole and was rescued. It read "Officials say the doxon puppy had no visible injuries but was being checked at an animal hospital." Has it come to this??? Can the Associated Press not even spell dachshund correctly??? How will I get through the rest of this day???? Could it be the writer of the article was a "victim" of creative spelling affirmation or whatever they call it in school these days?:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3lilreds in NC Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 LOL, Kathleen, I would be the same as you - until I received a WRITTEN APOLOGY AND RETRACTION from AP, I would not feel better about such a ridiculous spelling error. Oh, my. That someone could write it and that it could get past the editing people and actually get published - AAAAAAGH!:willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Could it be the writer of the article was a "victim" of creative spelling affirmation or whatever they call it in school these days?:lol: No doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ok, I'm reading an article in my local paper they got from the Associated Press (AP!!!!! for crying out loud) about a puppy that fell 20 feet in a hole and was rescued. It read "Officials say the doxon puppy had no visible injuries but was being checked at an animal hospital." Has it come to this??? Can the Associated Press not even spell dachshund correctly??? How will I get through the rest of this day???? Gracious! I'm usually not offended by bad grammar or spelling, but that's a new one. I wonder how they would spell Weimaraner or Schipperke? :001_huh: Okay, I had to look both of those up, but it took two seconds on google. Does the AP not have google? :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I prefer wiener dog. Now why doesn't that surprise me??? As the proud owner of two cutie-pie dachshunds, I am shocked at that spelling! I know it's not the easiest word to spell, and I wouldn't be surprised to see datsun, as I have in pet stores before. But doxon? Don't they have the little red dotted line under their misspelled words? Or, like elegantlion said, Google??? Was the problem perhaps because the spelling was so far from the correct spelling that none of the spell checks could figure it out enough to recommend a proper spelling??? A mystery, for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I'd hazard to guess that a "doxon" is the progeny of a dachsund and a Bichon Frise, sold as the latest and greatest in designer dogs. It's happening more and more with small dogs, with outrageous prices being charged for what is essentially a mixed breed. I don't know for sure, but that's what first leapt into my mind, not the possibility of a misspelling. Although that could certainly be the case. Just a hunch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Here's the link: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/062008/06302008/391476 I'm still staring off into space.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I'd hazard to guess that a "doxon" is the progeny of a dachsund and a Bichon Frise, sold as the latest and greatest in designer dogs. It's happening more and more with small dogs, with outrageous prices being charged for what is essentially a mixed breed. I don't know for sure, but that's what first leapt into my mind, not the possibility of a misspelling. Although that could certainly be the case. Just a hunch! Oh, yeah. That thought had occurred to me too. I intended to do a Google search before I posted. But then I forgot to. I think I need more coffee... But I know if I were a journalist using a newly created term that might cause me to look a fool, I would make sure to define it within my article. Something like "The doxon puppy (a cross between a dachshund and a Bichon Frise) blah blah blah." But maybe that's just me... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Now why doesn't that surprise me??? As the proud owner of two cutie-pie dachshunds, I am shocked at that spelling! I know it's not the easiest word to spell, and I wouldn't be surprised to see datsun, as I have in pet stores before. But doxon? Don't they have the little red dotted line under their misspelled words? Or, like elegantlion said, Google??? A common nickname for Australian Shepherds is Aussie. Which has the little red dotted line indicating that the word is misspelled. But it isn't. It is just a nickname. And doxon is a nickname for dachshunds for some people. Or at least I've heard it used as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 I'd hazard to guess that a "doxon" is the progeny of a dachsund and a Bichon Frise, That's what I was thinking, so I Googled and found that a cross between the Bichon Frise and the Dachshund is called a Doxie-Chon. Looks like he is a victim of inventive spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 That was my first thought too, Astrid, but I did google and didn't come up with anything... (Dontcha like how I just used "google" as a verb? English *is* an evolving thing...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in Jax Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 How rude! My Dachshund/Golden Retrievers were insulted by the slur on their paternal ancestry. Lisa in Jax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 A common nickname for Australian Shepherds is Aussie. Which has the little red dotted line indicating that the word is misspelled. But it isn't. It is just a nickname. And doxon is a nickname for dachshunds for some people.Or at least I've heard it used as such. Okay, so then how do you pronounce "dachshund"? Because, phonetically I pronounce it "doxon" or "doxun". I don't really stress the "d" at the end. That's what I was getting at, he's spelling it the way it is normally pronounced. But after over five years of owning dachshunds and visiting many websites and googling dachshunds, I've never come across that spelling ever before. And about Aussie, yes, there are plenty of words that are correct that still have the red line under it. But as a professional journalist, I would double check any word in my article that had the red line just to make sure. I would consider that part of my job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 LOL!!! :lol: I thought you were *actually* asking, by your thread title. I was all prepared to calmly translate for you. And as far as the redneck comment--now I'm wondering--do you all in the N not *pronounce* it "doxon?" I mean, as a kid, I'd read dachshund (sp?) as "dash hund," but when I heard people *say* "doxon" irl, I thought I was wrong. Now I'm wondering... :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Okay, so then how do you pronounce "dachshund"? Because, phonetically I pronounce it "doxon" or "doxun". Ok. This is really going to show what a hick this Texan is. I've always pronounced dachshund: dash-hound. :lol: That is how I'd always heard it pronounced. I thought the spelling 'doxan' was just a nickname. :001_huh: Whew! Ok all togethether now! Everybody laugh at Rhonda! :lol: Durrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 I pronounce it "doxon" but I've never spelled it that way and I would hope that the Associated Press has more of an applicant pool for proofreader jobs than to have to pick someone who can't spell dachshund or at least doesn't know how to run a spell check in a word processing document. My 11yo son can do that!!! Doxon is not in the dictionary. If it were the "Hicksville Times", I'd overlook it gladly, but the Associated Press??? That's the part that really kills me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Ok. This is really going to show what a hick this Texan is. I've always pronounced dachshund: dash-hound. :lol: That is how I'd always heard it pronounced. I thought the spelling 'doxan' was just a nickname. :001_huh: Whew! Ok all togethether now! Everybody laugh at Rhonda! :lol: Durrr. I've heard "dash hound" also, now that you mention it. But I don't think I've heard that pronunciation since I've actually owned one. Nope, not gonna laugh at you! But I am still laughing at the reporter! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Noooo! Please tell me that you are joking :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 :001_huh: Ok, I guess we are just hicks here in Texas, but I have OFTEN heard of dachhunds referred to as doxans. Maybe the add was written by someone who grew up in less sophisticated areas! LOL :tongue_smilie: That is how it's pronounced. But I would expect such a "professional" organization to be able to spell it properly, for goodness' sake.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manylilblessings Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Well, considering the newspaper is written at a 4th grade level, maybe that's how the majority of 4th graders spell it. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 If I have to say it, I always pronounced it dock-sund. I usually just call them weiner dogs, though :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhondaM. Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Look at this. I typed 'doxon' in my browser. Look at ALL the people that use Doxon. Least I'm not the only hick! LOL http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/search?encquery=ee669628b224a05c35b37d49623f5ce6&invocationType=keyword_rollover&ie=UTF-8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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