Do you guys actually say “Catsup” instead of “Ketchup”?

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1. “Catsup”, in my experience, is the “old” spelling. it’s how the word is spelled in a lot of old cookbooks and advertisements.

   Much more common pre-2000s if not pre-1990s/1980s.

   I’ve never heard or seen anyone use that spelling in my lifetime

2. I’ve never heard someone call it “catsup” or spell it that way.

3. I think catsup is used in specific dialects. I haven’t encountered anyone who says “catsup” yet. Read it in books, though.

   Edit: to address your question better, I’ve lived in 3 southern states.

4. HELL NO.

5. I say ketchup

6. Catsup is not common in Texas.

7. Aside from this post, the last time I remember encountering “catsup” was seeing it spelled that way in a book way back in middle school and all of us giving the teacher a hard time by not believing that it was an actual word.

8. occasionally as a joke. not in real life.

9. No. It’s ketchup.

10. it’s always ketchup. no one says cat-sup.

11. I’ve lived in the Southwest, South and Mid-Atlantic and travelled across the West and Midwest.

    Even when I’ve seen it spelled “catsup” people have always pronounced it ketchup. The only time I remember hearing someone say “cat-sup” was in *Super Troopers* and it was a joke.

12. Your dad is either full of shit or fucking with you.

13. Not in my area

14. My grandma says catsup. She’s 93 and the only person I’ve ever heard pronounce it that way.

15. I’ve only ever heard people say ketchup.

16. I say catsup, but I live in México, in Spanish that’s the standard spelling

17. I’ve only ever heard anyone actually pronounce it that way in a joking way.

18. “Catsup” is before my time, and I’m old.

    Everyone I know says “ketchup” and has for a long time.

19. I’ve rarely encountered catsup in the wild but [Mr. Burns has.](https://youtu.be/P2-1basQhX8) It seemed to be a somewhat common joke in the simpsons.

20. Only when I’m quoting Mr Burns.

    Catsup? Ketchup?

21. >But I’ve seen some people (especially my dad) claim that it is actually more common to say “Catsup” in all of America,

    I’ve never in my life heard anyone say anything but ketchup, pronounced “catch up.” Even on TV, where you’d expect regional variations to come in.

22. It was a previous standard spelling. I don’t know if I’ve ever heard it in person but I think you could run across it in old movies and TV shows. I’d bet lots of money it’s not dominant anywhere.

23. I think I only really hear Catsup from older folks.

24. There’s tomato pun jokes about slow walking children tomatoes and the father tomato telling the child to “ketchup!”

25. Some accents say it sort of like “catch-up,” but no one says “catsup.” Some brands do ***spell*** it catsup, but even when it is spelled that way on the bottle the word is still read aloud as “ketchup.”

26. Ketchup.

27. I say Ketchup…never heard catsup before

28. Catsup is the archaic form of ketchup, your dad is trying to rustle your jimmies or something

29. I have never heard it called that except in very old movies.

30. Like I know that that can be a term, but in all of my life I have never once heard anyone call it that. Your dad’s wrong or fucking with you, it’s ketchup.

31. My grandma used to, and probably still calls it catsup. Oh Gaddam why on earth did she call it that. Whataburger doesn’t sell spicy catsup ok, it’s fuckin ketchup

32. Catsup is actually, from what I understand, a spelling with origins in Latin American US communities. So it’s not the ordinary, but it’s a “correct” spelling with non-English origins, which may explain its existence.

    Pronunciation-wise, it’s pronounced Ketchup either spelling

33. When I hear someone say “catsup”, I feel queasy and the room starts to tilt sideways.

34. No one pronounces it “cat-sup” but that is a very old school way to spell it. I’ve seen it in books before.

35. No, I say ketchup. “Catsup” strikes me as old-timey, like maybe my grandparents or great-grandparents grew up saying it (though I have no idea if they actually did).

36. No. I’ve never heard anyone say that other than trying to be funny. (Lived in both the midwest and west coast)

37. Never heard anyone in my thirty years on this Earth call it catsup unironically

38. Both are acceptable but I’ve never met someone in my life say it.

    From googling it, catsup was the original spelling. In the 1800s Heinz was selling catsup but wanted a way to stand out from the competition so they renamed their product ketchup. The rest is history.

39. I think the only place in the wild I’ve seen it written that way was in my school cafeteria. Never heard anyone say it that way unless they were mocking it

40. I’ve seen the “catsup” spelling but I’ve only ever heard the “ketchup” pronunciation.