Ketchup or Catsup

Remember when catsup is about all that was in the stores? I remember sitting at the table when I was a kid looking at the bottle and wondering why it was spelled that way but we didn't say it that way.

These days ketchup is all you see in the stores and it's spelled and pronounced the same way!


Why the difference? Here's a couple of ideas about that.


Catsup Versus Ketchup


World Wide Words (about Ketchup)