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Default Catsup/Catchup/Ketchup -- the spelling

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>> Not to read too much into your example, Jerry. But it reminds me how
>> usage and writing experts go on about affected US spellings done for
>> cynical marketing purposes. ("Shoppe" for shop, specifically in the
>> US -- where "shoppe" is archaic -- it may be still common in England,
>> I'm not sure). "Creme," no accent, isn't a regular word in US, France, or
>> I think England. (Of course cr?me, with the grave accent, is a common
>> French word, usefully imported to English-speaking countries in names of
>> specialty foods -- cr?me fra?che, cr?me anglaise.


English is always importing useful expressions.)

In Japan years ago, I saw a product that was very popular, a Cremora
substance. The name for it was "Creep."
I don't think the US will be importing that one :-))
Dee Dee