Doughnut or Donut

[nikkuchan]

This issue recently came up, and I wanted to get some input on it. Doughnut is the correct spelling, but Donut has recently become accepted as a correct alternative spelling. As silly as it sounds, this kind of stuff is intriguing to me.

How do you spell it?

 

[JimBow]

Doe knuts....

Okay, that was stupid. I spell it Doughnut most of the time, but will use Donut when in a rush to get what I'm saying typed in a hurry.

 

[Bertilak]

This issue recently came up, and I wanted to get some input on it. Doughnut is the correct spelling, but Donut has recently become accepted as a correct alternative spelling. As silly as it sounds, this kind of stuff is intriguing to me.

How do you spell it?

Depends on context. Informally maybe donut. But if I was writing a letter to my congressman it'd be doughnut.

 

[Duckster]

I spell it... delicious!

 

[strat1117]

The Ministry of Editing now accepts either as correct.

Dunkin' = Donuts

Krispy Kreme = Doughnuts

ME

 

[herbnerd]

I'm English and can handle correct spellings - such as colour, flavour, mould, haemoglobin, oestrogen, encyclopaedia, pharmacopoeia and so on.

Unlike you American chappies.

 

[Austin]

I'm English and can handle correct spellings - such as colour, flavour, mould, haemoglobin, oestrogen, encyclopaedia, pharmacopoeia and so on.

Unlike you American chappies.

So, how do you spell it?

 

[nikkuchan]

I'm English and can handle correct spellings - such as colour, flavour, mould, haemoglobin, oestrogen, encyclopaedia, pharmacopoeia and so on.

Unlike you American chappies.

Wait... There's an O at the beginning of estrogen?

 

[The Nid Hog]

The correct spelling is "fat pill." It's just pronounced "doughnut."

 

[herbnerd]

Wait... There's an O at the beginning of estrogen?

Other than the bag of hormones who shares my bed at night, otherwise known as SWMBO - but yes, there is an O infront of oestrogen!

 

[liege]

"bacon"

 

[herbnerd]

The correct spelling is "fat pill." It's just pronounced "doughnut."

Cop Fodder.

If doughnuts were banned, would the police die from starvation?

 

[mretzloff]

Cop Fodder.

If doughnuts were banned, would the police die from starvation?

No. They'd just start pulling over ice cream trucks for driving too slow.

 

[herbnerd]

He is a cop in Utah. He's a very big chap (Samoan, which may be part of it) but how anyone can be a copper that size beats me.

 

[michael.scheller]

There are two ways to spell this word.. but you listed the wrong two.

1.

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Krispy Kremes are for southerners who wouldn't know a good cake donut if one hit them in the face.

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Homer is the expert.

 

[rabidpotatochip]

I like the way "doughnut" looks, makes it sound less unhealthy than it is, though I prefer typing "donut" for brevity's sake.

Of course, I prefer olie bollen.

 

[stobes21]

Wait... There's an O at the beginning of estrogen?

No.

And I believe both doughnut and donut are generally accepted spellings. I, as others have said, tend to go with "doughnut" in more formal contexts and "donut" in casual ones. Though when I think about it I don't recall the last time I wrote the word "doughnut" in a formal context.

 

[rabidpotatochip]

No.

And I believe both doughnut and donut are generally accepted spellings. I, as others have said, tend to go with "doughnut" in more formal contexts and "donut" in casual ones. Though when I think about it I don't recall the last time I wrote the word "doughnut" in a formal context.

Taking that one step further, when's the last time you've even talked about donuts in a formal context?

 

[JimBow]

Homer is the expert.

I agree on this point.

 

[Sue]

The proper spelling is 'GOOD'!
Sue