Red and Rover by Brian Basset for June 16, 2023

… and the French bulldog’s human companion is even wearing a beret!

uh … French don’t use umlauts as far as I remember – he gotta be German, Swedish, or Finnish, or …. hmmm

Isn’t it going to go ‘Oui oui’?

What a cute little Francy pants!

Dog week was great, thanks Brian. Back to rockets, twins @ the pool and Popsicle Pete. Oh, how about building a soap box derby car.

Love Rover’s happy face when he sees the other dogs approaching!

My little darlings have become ’dog watchers ’ extraordinaire!

So so precious

I had to look up the pronunciation of the A with the umlaut, and it is hilarious in this context! It would sound something like “Ehrf! Ehrf!” And if you do that slight rolling of the R, it sounds very French indeed. Thanks, Brian!

One of the tricks to foreign languages is learning the sounds an animal makes. Dogs don’t “woof” or “arf” in most other languages. In German they go “wau wau”. Spanish is “guau”.

Our French Bulldog ami says “ouaf ouaf” which actually DOES put in the umlaut. Cool.

Having quite a variety of fellow Dogs to meet ….. don’t you Rover …… :)

Bonejour.

Hard to believe but French Bulldogs are now the most popular breed in the US.

In the French comics I’ve read (my sister worked there for a few years and sent them home) the dogs say “ouah” or “ouaf” in most cases. It’s pronounced somewhat close to “Wah!” or “Wahf!”

This one had a je ne sais quoi..