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Some places spell it DOnut in order to not be sued since they aren't really making true DOUGHnuts, but some cheap ass knock off that are probably dangerous to the public.

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Originally posted by Dagnabbit

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No, it's not.

Yeah, you probably shouldn't use a place that spells "Crispy" with a "K" and "cream" with a "K" an extra "e" and no "a"s as a source for spelling accuracy.

If you have ever tasted Krispy Kreme, you would realize they know everything there is to know about doughnuts.

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Originally posted by rocknthefreeworld

If you have ever tasted Krispy Kreme, you would realize they know everything there is to know about doughnuts.

They are the best!! I want one now!!!!

The Donut or Doughnut is a product, so it can be called whatever the advertisers want. A pie for example is not made out of pie, its made out of dough and filling, but you don't call it a 'Dough crust with filling' you call it pie, so there is no reason to include the proper spelling of the word Dough in Donut/Doughnut.

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Originally posted by rocknthefreeworld

If you have ever tasted Krispy Kreme, you would realize they know everything there is to know about doughnuts.

But nothing about proper spelling...

Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but what's nut got to do with it? they don't look or taste anything like a damn nut.

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Originally posted by EricLindros

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But nothing about proper spelling...

As if a company that uses "Dunkin" knows anything.

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Originally posted by scrog

Going off on a bit of a tangent here, but what's nut got to do with it? they don't look or taste anything like a damn nut.

This is a nut and it looks much like the dough kind.

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Originally posted by rocknthefreeworld

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This is a nut and it looks much like the dough kind.

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That's a pretty unusual shape for a nut though , it's unlikely that that kind of nut was invented yet when the guy decided what to name them. As you know, those kind of nuts are much more commonly hexagon in shape.

What about d'oh nuts?

Homer Simpson seems to be an expert on the subject.

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Originally posted by scrog

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That's a pretty unusual shape for a nut though , it's unlikely that that kind of nut was invented yet when the guy decided what to name them. As you know, those kind of nuts are much more commonly hexagon in shape.

Seriously, doughnut originally referred to what we usually call doughnut holes now (round balls of dough deep fried) and was spelled "dough-nut". So I guess they were shaped kind of like nuts and made out of dough so it was just a mashing together of words.

Which again, points to DOUGHnut being correct and donut being some marketing term created to distract us from the fact that they are not making real doughnuts at that place.

After consulting the bible that is the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY I can confirm that the English and therefore 'correct' spelling is:


dough·nut
[doh-nuht, -nuht]
- noun 1. ringlike cake of fried, sweet dough
Origin:
1795–1805; dough + nut

As with many words that have become 'americanised', the spelling and sometimes pronunciation changes. As my fellow Brit above mentioned aluminIUm and coloUr ( which still bugs me when writing HTML, as it recognises color!).

Other examples are disc/disk, enquiry/inquiry, Flavour/flavor.

So anyway, DOUGHnut is the 'correct' spelling. Fact. Not opinion.

Donut. Who gives a shit about logic, that's three letters less.

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Originally posted by Paddy!

After consulting the bible that is the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY I can confirm that the English and therefore 'correct' spelling is:


dough·nut
[doh-nuht, -nuht]
- noun 1. ringlike cake of fried, sweet dough
Origin:
1795–1805; dough + nut

As with many words that have become 'americanised', the spelling and sometimes pronunciation changes. As my fellow Brit above mentioned aluminIUm and coloUr ( which still bugs me when writing HTML, as it recognises color!).

Other examples are disc/disk, enquiry/inquiry, Flavour/flavor.

So anyway, DOUGHnut is the 'correct' spelling. Fact. Not opinion.

USAsians are efficient. We eliminate those superfluous letters when possible.

You are a hero ! I too love the OED !

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Originally posted by Paddy!

After consulting the bible that is the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY I can confirm that the English and therefore 'correct' spelling is:


dough·nut
[doh-nuht, -nuht]
- noun 1. ringlike cake of fried, sweet dough
Origin:
1795–1805; dough + nut

As with many words that have become 'americanised', the spelling and sometimes pronunciation changes. As my fellow Brit above mentioned aluminIUm and coloUr ( which still bugs me when writing HTML, as it recognises color!).

Other examples are disc/disk, enquiry/inquiry, Flavour/flavor.

So anyway, DOUGHnut is the 'correct' spelling. Fact. Not opinion.

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Originally posted by F1098

You are a hero ! I too love the OED !


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Or as I sometimes refer to it, 'The Gospel according to St Oxford'

This just goes to show that one never know what will peak people's interest in debate.

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Originally posted by bustMall

This just goes to show that one never know what will peak people's interest in debate.

I can hook up a good random debate now