Doughnut or Donut?

[Eran of Arcadia]

But nonetheless accurate in every way.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

But Susie Dent helps compile the OED so she writes dictionaries too... If she were here I would get her to spank me (in a non-sexist way of course) and she could pretend it were you whom she was spanking.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

There is, though, a little ambiguity with using "her". As in, you might use "whose" instead of "whom" in the same situation you use "her". Ergo I could not use it.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

A little ambiguity? Surely something is ambiguous, or it is not. We are going off-topic now though. Next time I visit my slightly pregnant sister I will ask her.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Hmm, well, if enough people start saying "a little ambiguous MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

 

[AngryPinkMoose]

Doughnut if you want to be correct.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

EDIT: Never mind, I am too tired to make any sense.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

Because language, like spelling, is ultimately arbitrary.

 

[Angst]

MUWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

The first time I ever saw you saying that

 

[JohnRM]

I am a corporate whore. I was brainwashed by Dunkin Donuts to use 'Donut'.

 

[The Yankee]

I'm used to donut (I've taken to calling the NYPD in Southeast Brooklyn the "Donut Patrol"), but I'm good with doughnut as well.

 

[The Yankee]

Because language, like spelling, is ultimately arbitrary.

Precisely! Just look at notes from the Constitutional Convention to see people's names and words spelled differently on the same page!

 

[azzaman333]

Donut is shorter, therefore better.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

I could dismiss your argument but I feel no need for floccinaucinihilipilification at this moment in time.

 

[Snowball]

Doughnut. Donut is ********.

 

[Jawz II]

How about dogs nuts?

 

[Ramius75]

Donuts, coz im lazy.

 

[Ball Lightning]

It is clearly Donuts.

 

[bathsheba666]

Donuts is lazy

 

[classical_hero]

I like doughnut but am not bothered by donut.

Apparently the spell checked in Firefox doesn't like doughnut, though...

According to my spell checker in Firefox, donut is not found but doughnut is acceptable, but I am using an Australian dictionary though. That is the way I voted, the Australian acceptable version. I am wondering would Donut King sue a company that is called Doughnut King?