I’m not consistent, doing, depending on when I say it, an approximation of the German (dahks hund), a slightly different version of the English than you’ve transcribed above (dash hund), a bastardized combo of both (dax hund), or a lazy version of the German (dahks un).
I own an infernal, stubborn wiener dog. I’ve never ever heard anyone pronounce DASH-hund.
Normally I say DOX-un because I’m Southern and we drop the last letter off everything. If people ask me what kind of dogs I have I say a Weenie and a Collie.
DOCKS-und. If I called them Docks-hoont I’d have to put the little jackboots on them, and that’s too much trouble. Especially since they’re not my dogs.
Dash Hound is common in Australia. But having said that ‘Daks-und’ is not unknown either. Never hear weiner dog, because what the hell is a weiner? (That’s a joke son. I know what a weiner is, it’s just not a term that is used in Oz)
I don’t see how the pronunciation of a word can be ‘disgraceful’ :rolleyes: . You Yanks pronounce all sorts of stuff funny , but I don’t think it’s disgraceful.
“DOCK-suhnd,” which is the only way I’ve ever heard it pronounced by any English speaker. Not sure what you meant by the “English way”. British, perhaps?
ETA: Now I saw a few other responses, and they agree with me (despite the slightly different ways we’re choosing to spell this same pronunciation.)