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NewTime
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28 Jul 2016, 1:25 pm

What's with catsup? I've seen aisle signs in grocery stores before where they refer to ketchup as catsup.



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28 Jul 2016, 3:05 pm

In Canada it is called Ketchup, other parts of the world call it catsup.



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28 Jul 2016, 3:50 pm

no idea, i don't think we have it in the UK


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29 Jul 2016, 10:44 am

^^ I used to live in the U.K.----IIRC, I think what you all call "tomato sauce", is our "ketchup"; but, your sauce is much, MUCH thinner----basically, tomato / vinegar "water", to me.

In response to the OP: I think it's just one of those words that have morphed, over time----morphed FROM "catsup", to "ketchup". Because of my age, I can remember when it was regularly called "catsup"----now, it's pretty rare to hear that pronunciation.



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29 Jul 2016, 11:06 am

Noca wrote:
In Canada it is called Ketchup, other parts of the world call it catsup.


I live in "the other parts of the world", and in my country, we've never heard of "catsup".

We have many types of ketchup though (chilli, chipottle etc)


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10 May 2017, 5:40 pm

"catsup" sounds like there's a cat on the ceiling.



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12 May 2017, 7:47 pm

catsup- your cat is awake
ketchup- goes on a burger


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14 May 2017, 2:19 am

I thought ketchup & catsup were slightly different things & Mr. Burns on the Simpsons had that problem :arrow:


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14 May 2017, 2:49 am

It's tomato sauce.
TOMATO SAUCE.


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