• XiJinpingStanAccount@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    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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      7 days ago

      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.

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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      8 days ago

      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.