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What word do you refuse to use? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Not so much word as soelling: Catsup only, spelling it "ketchup" is like writing "nite lite" instead of nightlight. It's juvenile. I have too much self respect to bend on this.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago*

    That's just English being weird with its pronunciation vs spelling again. Almost every other language spells it closer to "ketchup" because that's closer to how it sounds when said out loud. The catsup version of the spelling is also newer. 18th century vs 17th for ketchup and catchup spellings

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    This has to be some european thing I'm too American to understand. How does Catsup make any sense? That looks like a different word. Do you say it out loud like "Cats up"? I say it like "Ketch up" out loud so of course I'd spell it that way too. I need to know if that's actually the way you say it or if this is a color colour situation.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Actually it seems to be an American thing we're too European to understand because it's used that way in Mexico and some southern US states according to Wikipedia. In my native language it's ketšup though it's a loan word anyway. It starts with ke in most European languages.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    I'm sure you can measure sugar, right?

    So you're already used to other words where su makes the same sound it makes in cat•sup.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    That isn't the part I was confused about. "Cats" and "Ketch" sound very different. "Catch" and "Ketch" are also different.

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