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I thought they were American? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 03/06/2010 10:46:44 PM
It makes no sense. Yes, they are made of dough, but they do not look like nuts by any stretch of the imagination.

Now the Norwegian word makes sense: smultring -- they are rings boiled in "smult".

I demand you justify the strangeness of the English languge. Right here. Right now.

Yes, Tim. I am looking at you.


Not English, it is the Yanks fault. We all know they are nuts.
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Why are doughnuts called doughnuts? Camilla - 03/06/2010 10:40:56 PM 546 Views
I thought they were American? snoopcester - 03/06/2010 10:46:44 PM 432 Views
So, what do you call them? Camilla - 03/06/2010 10:48:16 PM 375 Views
We don't have a native word, we adopted theirs snoopcester - 03/06/2010 10:50:31 PM 414 Views
Your imagination isn't stretchy enough. TaskmasterJack - 03/06/2010 10:56:29 PM 529 Views
That is a nut? Camilla - 03/06/2010 10:57:30 PM 472 Views
Looks like there's a gap in the market. Let's invent doughbolts. *NM* Tim - 03/06/2010 10:58:48 PM 177 Views
Those are more commonly known as donut-holes. *NM* Birdeye - 03/06/2010 11:43:16 PM 194 Views
Bah. They're Timbits. *NM* Chas - 04/06/2010 12:22:09 AM 162 Views
Re: Wikipedian Etymology TaskmasterJack - 03/06/2010 11:44:13 PM 406 Views
Win. *NM* Tim - 03/06/2010 10:57:54 PM 162 Views
Never would have guessed. Awesome *NM* ironclad - 03/06/2010 10:58:58 PM 156 Views
You are such a show-off. *NM* nossy - 03/06/2010 11:00:05 PM 180 Views
How does no one else know this? And why is Camilla the only ignorant one who wondered? *NM* Cannoli - 03/06/2010 11:22:53 PM 183 Views
Because my brain is a strange, strange place. *NM* Camilla - 03/06/2010 11:45:39 PM 160 Views
Or you just have more curiosity than dull minds like Cannoli's? *NM* snoopcester - 03/06/2010 11:52:06 PM 184 Views
Because it likely isn't true? ßelals Girl - 03/06/2010 11:58:00 PM 633 Views
well, the O shape isn't the original shape, is it? LadyLorraine - 04/06/2010 01:00:46 AM 383 Views
Think Timbits. Great Lord of Chaos - 04/06/2010 02:04:48 AM 374 Views
I think Alton Brown said it was the size of the dough.... globug0822 - 04/06/2010 02:35:48 AM 540 Views
Please, every girl knows: It's not the size of the dough, it's... Joel - 04/06/2010 02:55:02 PM 399 Views
the boring answer random thoughts - 04/06/2010 04:20:47 PM 385 Views
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