Doughnuts or donuts ?

F Body · January 15, 2006, 09:25:06 PM

Doughnuts is clearly the original spelling in the Oxford English Dictionary which is considered the be-all and end-all for words.
Although doughnuts are an American treat, and the word's earliest known use was in Washington Irving's 1809 account of life in New York, when he described "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog fat." There were no holes in the original version.

In my hubble opinion, "Donut" is a dumb misspelling created for cute-itude. It seems to date from the 1950s, when Dunkin' Donuts first hit the scene. So, then, "doughnut" is correct, unless you're referring to the products of the double D.

Roadkill · January 16, 2006, 12:21:11 PM

Dude, That's Deep.

I Think I Use "Donuts" as it's quicker to type.

Incursus · January 16, 2006, 01:41:56 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

I Think I Use "Donuts" as it's quicker to type.

Ditto

MaryAnn · January 16, 2006, 04:54:16 PM

Anyway you spell it it's dough!

55starchief · January 16, 2006, 04:54:49 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

Dude, That's Deep.

about as deep as the hole in a donut

MaryAnn · January 16, 2006, 04:56:37 PM

Ummmm ok let's not go there!

FUBAR · January 16, 2006, 04:57:11 PM

All this Talk of Donuts is making me hungry

MaryAnn · January 16, 2006, 04:59:23 PM

It's making me.... ummmm nevermind!

Roadkill · January 16, 2006, 05:01:57 PM

Quoting: MaryAnn

It's making me.... ummmm nevermind!

Doesn't take long to descend into the murky depths that is the bottom of the barrel does it ?

MaryAnn · January 16, 2006, 05:03:11 PM

2001SS · January 16, 2006, 05:07:10 PM

'Cambridge Dictionary of American English' lists both:-
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?dict=A\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?dict=A

........but doesn't differentiate between flavour/flavor;-)

Roadkill · January 16, 2006, 05:16:35 PM

Quoting: 2001SS

'Cambridge Dictionary of American English' lists both:-

So Martyn was spouting rubbish, Eh ?

Thought so.

Donut it is.

Jamieg285 · January 17, 2006, 02:51:45 PM

Donuts - when talking about KK's and making black circles on the floor

Doughnuts - hot sugary ones you get from vans.

Roadkill · January 17, 2006, 03:01:13 PM

Quoting: Jamieg285

Donuts - when talking about KK's and making black circles on the floor

Doughnuts - hot sugary ones you get from vans.

Agreed.

MaryAnn · January 17, 2006, 07:37:05 PM

I wonder if they make diet donuts!!

philoldsmobile · January 17, 2006, 07:40:58 PM

donuts, because in my sugar hyper state, the frustration of trying to spell doughnuts is likely to send me into a rage...

MaryAnn · January 17, 2006, 07:44:58 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

donuts, because in my sugar hyper state, the frustration of trying to spell doughnuts is likely to send me into a rage...

Awwwwww I thinks Philo need extra hugs today!

no hugging smilie so a smootchi will have to do!

philoldsmobile · January 17, 2006, 07:46:18 PM

awww. thanks!

EDGE · January 17, 2006, 09:14:19 PM

well... im eating a KK right now so i couldnt give a hooooot how you spell it......mmmm..... cinamon and apple

EDGE

FUBAR · January 18, 2006, 03:27:17 AM

Quoting: EDGE

mmmm..... cinamon and apple

Bastid!

Roadkill · January 18, 2006, 12:02:02 PM

Quoting: MaryAnn

I wonder if they make diet donuts!!

Yeah, the Holes are just ALOT Bigger.