Catsup or ketchup?

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I've never met anyone who has ever referred to our red sauce as catsup.

http://www.diffen.com/difference/Catsup_vs_Ketchup

According to this thing that's on the internet, "catsup" is the preferred term in parts of the south.
In the 1800s, "ketchup" was most common in Britain and "catsup" was most common in the US for reasons unknown. The two words never really canceled each other out because in their formative years, there weren't spelling dictionaries choosing a "correct" version of words. (Many Americans pronounced "catsup" the same as "ketchup" in any case.) Today, "ketchup" is the dominant term in both countries, though "catsup" still has its strongholds, especially in the southern US.
Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.


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It's always been Cat-Sup.

Always.

Into the woodchipper I go

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Now we have to fight and stuff.

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I was born and raised in the south and it's always been ketchup to me. Of course I hate ketchup too aside from occasionally on a burger...

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Jesda wrote: Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.
Truer words have never been spoken. "Pop" is a sudden noise not an effin drink.

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Ketchup. One and only. Catsup is gay. Super gay. Retarded gay.

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Jesda wrote: Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.
Oh how I love thee.

That is one of the most perfect sentences ever.

I have lived out here on the weirdo side of the country for the last 16 years and still hate the sound of "pop" compared to soda.

Funny thing is that while Jesda lived with our family, he and I seeemed to have changed my older son's saying of "pop" and he started saying soda at times.

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Jesda wrote:Now we have to fight and stuff.
we can get naked in a pool of catsup and wrastle

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I've never know a person in real life that calls it "catsup"....

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More like "Cetchup" around here.

And "pop" is cooler than soda, though usually go with 'coke' or other name of the product.

Also a paper poke is good to put yer pop in if you have to take it to yer house.

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haha Thanks Tito. Thats exactly what I was thinking of. Everytime I hear Catsup I think of that.

For the record Catsup is not great tasting. Its like really sweet ketchup with a slight change in spice.

Also agreed on Pop and Soda. I HATE when people call it Pop. Thats such a midwestern/southern thing.

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Jesda wrote:
Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.
Yeah? well what about the people who say "soda pop" what do they get thrown into?

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numbnuts240 wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biW2i9yK-10&NR=1[/youtube]
thank you for that. i couldnt stop laughing.
also, i say "pop"
YEAH, WHAT OF IT?
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ScorchedNX2K wrote:
Jesda wrote:
Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.
Yeah? well what about the people who say "soda pop" what do they get thrown into?
The sun. See ya

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i have only heard old people call it catsup.

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catsup or bust

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catsup :wtf2:
TOE-MAH-TOE :wtf2:
CAR-MUHL :wtf2:

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Jesda wrote:Anyone who says "catsup" should be thrown into a woodchipper with the people who say "pop" instead of soda.
^^
This

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Amays U G37S wrote:It's always been Cat-Sup.

Always.

Into the woodchipper I go
Uhm....no.

That's like saying "it's always been pee-can".....even though that is used quite more often in the south than catsup....


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