Quote of the Day: Donut vs. Doughnut Spelling
"...donuts are too awesome to be accompanied by an 'ugh.'" —@thebookpolice
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Even our dogs know the word donut. They stop what they are doing and tilt their heads. Keyword
JerzeeTomato at 1:34PM on 06/05/09
Haha that's too cute! Nicely said.
Chew on That at 1:36PM on 06/05/09
Dough.
it's a Doughnut because it's made of Dough.
Donut looks like it should be pronounced DOOnut
Do you want a doughnut? No, I do-nut.
kevster at 3:28PM on 06/05/09
*groan* Kevster that was bad...and could go on the food joke section in some fashion. :P
Cassaendra at 7:50PM on 06/05/09
Wow - I thought purposely dumbing-down language to be cool went out the door with Bush.
It's "doughnut". We spell something based on its etymology, not because its more convenient to spell phonetically. In a multicultural society like Americas, there'd be no end to the spellings of words.
Sorry adding the "ugh" is such a burden to everyone. Think of it this way - maybe the few extra clicks you have to do on the typewriter will help burn off that extra cruller...
JimInHolland at 2:05AM on 06/08/09