Markus Maurer wrote: > Hi William > why is the dog called "Burnese" in english when it is a "Berner Sennenhund" > from "Berne" in Switzerland ? > > Oh, all those lovely dogs, my cat "Leo Leu Lowenzahn" really hates dogs and > even tries to attack them. > > greetings > Markus >
Let me guess... Because when some folks pronounce Berne, and make a place of origin out of it, it might well sound like Bernese or perhaps Burnese. I view it as a corruption of the original name. That sort of thing happens to languages a lot... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
