21/08/2025
Goose and Mayday are here to teach everyone a little mini lesson about Beaucerons :D
Let’s talk about breed pronunciation!
When we were doing phone interviews for the Pupsicle litter we learned that lots of people do not know how to pronounce the breed name, and you don’t know whatcha don’t know, right?
A quick history lesson, Beaucerons are named for the Beauce region of France. In the early 1800s was the first time they were officially given any kind of breed name/recognition. The longhaired French Shepherds were called Berger de Bries (Briards today!) and the shorthaired French Shepherds were the Bergers de Beauce. Berger is not pronounced like hamburger, but closer to bear-jay/berjay.
Beauceron is pronounced Bo-Sir-Ron, there is no SH or CH sound. No boo sound either.
And what is the typical nickname for the breed? Beauce, seems to have two accepted pronunciations Bo-see, and Bose. Interestingly in the USA the pronunciations seem regional.
The nickname shouldn’t be beau.The reason why? This is a French breed. Try running “My Beau was acting up so I’m getting him neutered” through a translation app and see the results.
I’ll save you the time:
“My boyfriend has been doing some mischief, so I'm going to have him neutered.”
And the last thing, the color harlequin. It is NOT pronounced Harley Quinn. That’s a comic book character. Har-la-quin is the common pronunciation in the USA. Interestingly while visiting France I heard a couple variations on this pronunciation, including no “H” sound (Are’lequin) and a hard q that sounded more like a k, (har-la-kin) Either way I promise it’s not Harley Quinn.