Donut or Doughnut?

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Do you spell it "Doughnut" or "Donut"?

Donut
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Doughnut
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Donut or Doughnut?

Post by RandomPerson »

Doughnut is the technically accurate name, though in recent years 'Donut' has become more and more common, how do you spell it?
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

Post by blue cobra »

I believe doughnut is technically correct, but everyone says donut. Since words are meant for communication, and I've never heard anyone be confused by the "donut" spelling, I support that one.
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

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Donut of course, you aren't eating nuts made of dough silly. But you are doing nuts when you eat them.
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

Post by Skystrider »

From the AutoCAD documentation:
Donuts are filled rings or solid-filled circles that actually are closed polylines with width.

To create a donut, you specify its inside and outside diameters and its center. You can continue creating multiple copies with the same diameter by specifying different center points. To create solid-filled circles, specify an inside diameter of 0.
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

Post by tclme elmo »

ew, doughnuts! donuts all the way
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

Post by paleonaps »

It depends, but unless it's Dunkin, doughnut.
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Re: Donut or Doughnut?

Post by Squanto »

paleonaps95 wrote:It depends, but unless it's Dunkin, doughnut.
Dunkin≠donut
American=donut
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