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What I find interesting is that Americans tend to write doughnuts and Canadians write donuts.
This runs contrary to how things usually are in English, where American spelling leans more to spelling words the way they sound in a mini-version of Orwellian Newspeak.
Whereas Canadian spelling is more British-influences and has more... perfunctory... letters and such.
What I find interesting is that Americans tend to write doughnuts and Canadians write donuts.
This runs contrary to how things usually are in English, where American spelling leans more to spelling words the way they sound in a mini-version of Orwellian Newspeak.
Whereas Canadian spelling is more British-influences and has more... perfunctory... letters and such.
I see both in both countries. One of the biggest US chains spells is Dunkin' Donuts and another is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc..
Both US, both using different spellings. I myself use " doughnut ".
Doughnut is certainly promenade in the UK, but you dos see the odd place like.
I rarely eat doughnuts...used to love the old " Cindy's " with a coffee...but so big and fattening. One of my favourite places if I do want a doughnut is Lee's Donut's on Granville Island. ( the spelling should make Acajack happy LOL )
What I find interesting is that Americans tend to write doughnuts and Canadians write donuts.
This runs contrary to how things usually are in English, where American spelling leans more to spelling words the way they sound in a mini-version of Orwellian Newspeak.
Whereas Canadian spelling is more British-influences and has more... perfunctory... letters and such.
I am just a picky-ass writer who refuses to use "donuts". I believe most of my fellow Americans use the latter. I suspect most of my fellow Americans don't even know there is another spelling.
But I am flexible when in your country. I got a NR Canadian fishing licence, and I spell it that way when referring to it!
But there aren't great doughnuts in the USA, either. The doughnuts we got as kids from real, independent bakeries that made them from scratch just aren't around anymore.
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Originally Posted by Natnasci
Too sweet for my tastes. They didn't do well when they opened up here...only one left in the whole province.
In Southern California, we have a lot of good quality, independent donuterias, which is surprising because people pair up donuts with cold weather.
We have so many independents because a Cambodian guy bought the company that manufactures donut-making equipment, and then sold that equipment on credit to his fellow Cambodian refugees. I wouldn't say that EVERY independent donut shop is Cambodian run, but a lot of them are. The donuts they make are bigger, fluffier, and tend to have less glaze making them less sweet.
Krispy Kreme tried to break into the Southern California market, but I don't believe they succeeded. Winchells, which was here before the Cambodian incursion appear to be struggling.
Canada's recent Asian invasion has been wealthy Chinese. I would guess they aren't opening up independent donut shops.
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(plus before I retired I needed NYC train access.)
