Ketchup of catsup?
By frinces
@frinces (433)
Philippines
July 22, 2009 12:21am CST
How should a condiment made from tomatoes be spelled? Is it ketchup or catsup? Most people are familiar with ketchup and it is mostly used in commercials but I also see tomato or banana ketchup in the stores with their brand name and the spelling of their product is catsup. Which is which?
5 responses
@allisonbrk (155)
• United States
22 Jul 09
Ketchup.. totally. catsup makes me think 'cat soup' and the image that conjures up makes me gag. Ketchup for the win!
@mobhomeir (7558)
• Philippines
22 Jul 09
No problem with that. They are all accepted in our Dictionary with the same meaning...ketchup or catchup same meaning..
@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
22 Jul 09
Both spelling are acceptable like they said it is in the dictionary. Here banana catsup is often used than tomato catsup becomes we have plenty of banana here in the Philippines. Many don't like tomato catsup because of the sour taste of it. Children here love banana catsup than tomato catsup. In fastfood chain prefer tomato catsup but for me I like both of it.
@tomjoad (551)
• Philippines
22 Jul 09
according to dictiioanry.com they are both acceptable terms. catsup is a variant of the more commonly used term ketchup. apparently the etymology of the word was derived from malay word "kechap" which was some sort of sauce. it wasn't a soy sauce though. so basically, ketchup and catsup can both be used interchangeable. if you want to know more about it you can check out link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/catsup
well, i'm glad you came up with this topic because i was able to research too. hope this helps! happy mylotting! 
@kalpal2003 (90)
• United States
22 Jul 09
I would definitely side with 'ketchup.' That's how I say it, that's how I grew up seeing it, that's how I see it now, and that's how I like it. It seems weird to me to see 'catsup.' It just doesn't feel right for some reason.
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