{"id":2038,"date":"2015-10-30T09:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T09:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2019-03-25T23:54:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T23:54:13","slug":"10-random-geekified-facts-on-pet-breeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/10-random-geekified-facts-on-pet-breeds\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Random Geekified Facts on Pet Breeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"toc_light_blue no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Doxielogy_Praise_Dog\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Doxielogy: Praise Dog! <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Ay_Chihuahua_Tacos_y_salchichas_Dios_mio_Tacos_and_Sausages_Oh_My\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> \u00a1Ay, Chihuahua! Tacos y salchichas. \u00a1Dios m\u00edo! (Tacos and Sausages, Oh My!) <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Eek_They_Don8217t_End_in_an_S\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> Eek! They Don&#8217;t End in an S! <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Corgi_Porgi\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> Corgi Porgi <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Labrador_of_Love\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> Lab(rad)or of Love<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Oh_Great_It8217s_the_Great_Dane\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">6<\/span> Oh, Great! It&#8217;s the Great Dane! <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#How_Great_and_Tiny_Thou_Art\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">7<\/span> How Great (and Tiny!) Thou Art <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Top_Dog_or_Down_Dog_UPPER_CASE_or_lower_case\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">8<\/span> Top Dog or Down Dog? UPPER CASE or lower case? <\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#It8217s_a_Dogma-Eat-Karma_World\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">9<\/span> It&#8217;s a Dogma-Eat-Karma World!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#The_Cattail_End\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">10<\/span> The Cattail End <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/\u00bfQue-onda-g\u00fcey_.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2053 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/\u00bfQue-onda-g\u00fcey_.png\" alt=\"Fun, reliable pet sitting and house sitting\" width=\"392\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPico \u201cPiccolo\u201d declares and celebrates the Chiweenie Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2054 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/21.png\" alt=\"Fun, reliable pet sitting and house sitting.\" width=\"388\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/21.png 945w, http:\/\/anartfuldogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/21-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">I enjoy a great deal of cross-cultural, linguistic, and literary geekery, especially when paired with the animal kingdom.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">That said, I&#8217;ve compiled a few fun facts on that intersection. Impress your fellow critter lovers with this trivia list of artful doggery!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Doxielogy_Praise_Dog\">Doxielogy: Praise Dog!<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Did you know that the Dachshund is normally called Dackel in Germany and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teckelclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teckel<\/a> (the hunting variety) around the globe? The wirehaired variety is also referred to as Teckel. French and Spanish speakers also prefer the general term Teckel for both working and non-working types.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Ay_Chihuahua_Tacos_y_salchichas_Dios_mio_Tacos_and_Sausages_Oh_My\"><i>\u00a1Ay, Chihuahua! Tacos y salchichas. \u00a1<\/i><em><i>Dios m\u00edo<\/i><\/em><i>! <\/i>(Tacos and Sausages, Oh My!)<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Long before the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animalplanet.com\/tv-shows\/dogs-101\/videos\/chiweenie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chiweenie<\/a> became one of the most popular designer breeds, Germans and Mexicans had already created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inforefuge.com\/the-accordion-an-instrument-of-cross-cultural-importance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hybrids<\/a> in the forms of <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=YN9jC2_7UHYC&amp;pg=PA1526&amp;lpg=PA1526&amp;dq=german+influence+on+mexican+music&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=BgipkY-Hpo&amp;sig=f9BuESWleBxj90X7MCcvHJmKfHg&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0CFIQ6AEwCTgKahUKEwiLn7mXy-TIAhUE_WMKHZaPB4Y#v=onepage&amp;q=german%20influence%20on%20mexican%20music&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">music<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oktoberfestinformation.com\/?page_id=137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feast<\/a>. Did you know that one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livinglanguage.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/19\/oktoberfest-%E2%80%93-the-export-sensation-made-in-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oktoberfest celebrations<\/a> in Mexico was held in the state of Chihuahua?<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">As for that lovable little breed, Spanish speakers refer to it as chihuahua, or more commonly, <i>chihuahue<\/i><em><i>\u00f1o<\/i><\/em><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Eek_They_Don8217t_End_in_an_S\"><i>Eek! <\/i>They<i> <\/i>Don&#8217;t End in an <i>S<\/i>!<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Plurals of breeds, including the viszla, puli, and komondor, are usually Anglicized, but the correct Hungarian forms are viszlak, pulik, and komondorok, respectively.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Corgi_Porgi\">Corgi Porgi<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">It&#8217;s commonly thought that corgi is derived from <i>cor <\/i>+ <i>ci (gi)<\/i>, Welsh for \u201cdwarf dog.\u201d <i>Ci<\/i> mutates into <i>gi <\/i>through<i> <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lenition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lenition<\/a>, weakening or softening of consonants into vowel-like sounds.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.welshcorgi-news.ch\/Leseecke\/InfoCorgi\/Meaning_eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clifford L. B. Hubbard<\/a> maintained that corgi was better translated as cur dog with the proper plural form of <i>corgwn<\/i> (pronounced <i>cor-goon<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">As an aside, a porgy is a literally different kettle of fish, of course, since it&#8217;s a species in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America!<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Labrador_of_Love\">Lab(rad)or of Love<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">The breed&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alllabs.com\/labrador-library\/history-of-the-lab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">true origin<\/a> is Newfoundland, just like the island&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akc.org\/dog-breeds\/newfoundland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">canine namesake<\/a>. Labrador is located just northwest of Newfoundland. The name Labrador, attributed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcan.gc.ca\/earth-sciences\/geography\/place-names\/origins-geographical-names\/9224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portuguese explorer Jo\u00e3o Fernandes<\/a>, is derived from the Portuguese <i>lavrador<\/i> and Spanish <i>labrador<\/i>, meaning laborer. It&#8217;s a very fitting name for this hard-working breed!<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Oh_Great_It8217s_the_Great_Dane\">Oh, Great! It&#8217;s the Great Dane!<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Here&#8217;s a breed that&#8217;s all over the European geographic and linguistic map.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatdanerescue.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=4&amp;Itemid=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">boar hounds<\/a>, they were called English dogges <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meinedogge.de\/dogge-ursprung-geschichte\/\"><em>(Englische Doggen)<\/em><\/a> after the 16<sup>th<\/sup> century. Then the Germans bred them to be indoor guards, hence the name <em>Kammerhunde<\/em> (chamber dog).<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">During his travels in Denmark, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.all-about-great-danes.com\/great-dane-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the French naturalist Comte de Buffon<\/a> coined the name <em>grand danois<\/em>, the Great Danish dog, seeing what the Danish climate did to the greyhound. At the time, the French called it <em>dogue allemand<\/em> (German mastiff). The Danish attribution stuck, though Denmark had nothing to do with the development of the breed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Interestingly, the Germans partially Anglicize the breed&#8217;s current name, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.all-about-great-danes.com\/great-dane-history.html\"><em>Deutsche Dogge.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"How_Great_and_Tiny_Thou_Art\">How Great (and Tiny!) Thou Art<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Believe it or not, <i>thou<\/i> is still used in some parts of England, particularly <a href=\"http:\/\/english.stackexchange.com\/questions\/25288\/in-what-region-is-thou-etc-used-in-dialect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yorkshire<\/a>\u2014yes, the home base of that spunky toy terrier breed big on attitude! Some spellings and pronunciations have been altered in contemporary regional speech. Example: <i>tha nowse (thou knowest). <\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">The use of the formal <i>you<\/i> gradually replaced the <a href=\"http:\/\/grammar.about.com\/od\/words\/a\/Notes-On-Second-person-Pronouns.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">informal <i>thou<\/i><\/a> as the social climbers in the 17<sup>th<\/sup> and 18<sup>th<\/sup> centuries aspired to be part of the <span lang=\"fr-FR\"><i>cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me<\/i><\/span> of British society.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Believing in a classless, egalitarian society, <a href=\"http:\/\/capecodquakers.org\/intro_quakers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Quakers<\/a> also normally used <i>thou <\/i>among themselves, but this is no longer common practice except in family interactions.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"Top_Dog_or_Down_Dog_UPPER_CASE_or_lower_case\">Top Dog or Down Dog? UPPER CASE or lower case?<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">It&#8217;s commonly thought that dog breeds are normally capitalized, but the basic rule is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quickanddirtytips.com\/education\/grammar\/capitalizing-dog-breeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the parts derived from proper nouns are capitalized<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/columns\/editors-desk\/dog-breed-gets-an-uppercase-letter-if-it-includes-a\/article_e76985f4-53f3-11e1-a466-0019bb30f31a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">everything else is in lower case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AKC <\/a>adheres to the convention of capitalization. As a stylistic preference, I use the upper case if it&#8217;s also called for in the original language. Example: Dachshund. In German, all nouns are capitalized.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"It8217s_a_Dogma-Eat-Karma_World\">It&#8217;s a Dogma-Eat-Karma World!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaphordogs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Canine in Conversation<\/a> is a vast interdisciplinary compilation of dog-themed English idiomatic expressions and their social, cultural, and linguistic narratives. This is the place to get geeked out!<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span id=\"The_Cattail_End\">The Cattail End<b> <\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">Unfortunately, for our purring furry friends, I can&#8217;t seem to find many cool linguistic tidbits\u2014other than the oh-so-run-of-the-mill \u201cit&#8217;s raining cats and dogs\u201d! However, there&#8217;s the catbird seat: a position of prominence or advantage. So much for the top dog when cats top &#8217;em all!<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">A feline-monikered plant marks the end of this post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eattheweeds.com\/cattails-a-survival-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cattail<\/a>, named after its resemblance to its namesake at flowering maturity. Interestingly, one of the nicknames for cattail is corn dog grass, probably because it looks just like that particular edible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pico \u201cPiccolo\u201d declares and celebrates the Chiweenie Heritage Month. I enjoy a great deal of cross-cultural, linguistic, and literary geekery, especially when paired with the animal kingdom. 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