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(Unfortunately, there's no ketchup vs catsup wank in there.)

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blackjackrocket
2008-04-05 09:38 am UTC (link)

According to my Word Nerd book:

-ketchup derives from Malay kechap, "fish sauce", which may come from Chinese ke-tsiap, "brine of pickled fish".

Another entry elaborates:

-the word catsup was dropped by Del Monte in 1988 as they followed Heinz and Hunt's by using ketchup instead; this word is apparenly from the Amoy dialect of Chinese koe-chiap, ke-tsiap "brine of pickled fish or shellfish", borrowed into Malay as kechap, taken by the Dutch as ketjap, then to English.

So there you go, the etemology of ketchup AND catsup. Insert dialogue of Mr Burns at the grocery store here.

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	napalmnacey 2008-04-06 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	Hehehe. Wanking about 'ketchup' in a way I'd not even considered. I mean, I thought maybe it might be the ketchup/tomato sauce argument. In situations like this, love it when I'm wrong. (Reply to this)

	harpie84 2008-04-07 11:33 am UTC (link)
	Ketchup/catsup is an evil condiment. Mustard RULZ! (Reply to this)

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