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To ask how you pronounce Krispy Kreme?

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calvermegan · 03/02/2025 21:02

I have always said Crispy Cream. That is what they were called on any American tv show I watched growing up.

Now they are mainstream in the UK I often hear people call them “Crispy Crem”

Which one do you say?

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 04/02/2025 16:31

Crispy Cream. Shoving a K in the front and manipulating vowels doesn't change my view that that's what they are called. And I like them and am not ashamed to admit it. Well, maybe a bit ashamed. But at least I know how to pronounce them.

Vinvertebrate · 04/02/2025 16:29

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 03/02/2025 21:06

Yeah I'm also Crispy Cream. I have heard the Crem alternative though. It reminds me of Anne Boleyn's 'Cremuel' in Wolf Hall 🤔

YES!! I loved WH but hearing this made me want to tear my ears off.

It’s definitely Cream.

MrsBrightside16 · 04/02/2025 16:27

They're £13.49 for 6.
Tomorrow you can get 12 for £12 or 24 for £20!

RaraRachael · 04/02/2025 12:42

Not that I buy the revolting things but I've always said Crispy Cream

lap90 · 04/02/2025 12:17

Always Crispy Cream.

Funnily enough a friend did pronounce it 'Crem' just this weekend and it was the first time i'd heard it.

Imisscoffee2021 · 04/02/2025 12:17

I say cream "creem", there's been krispy Kreme in London for years before they got more mainstream and everyone said cream.

MarioLink · 04/02/2025 12:15

Crispy Cream

Typical spelling rules dictate a single constenant following a vowel usually makes the vowel sound like it's letter name (Yr1 English).

It's normal practice for brands and shops to go for whacky spellings but it rarely changes the sound of the word.

It is an American brand so the words would be expected to sound English not French.

Kingofthetyrantlizards · 04/02/2025 12:08

Mangoesintoapub · 03/02/2025 21:14

Does anyone say Crem Egg?

My DH does, even though I've shown him old adverts on YouTube which prove I'm right.

I say Crispy Cream.

HamandCheeseSandwich · 04/02/2025 12:04

Hoppinggreen · 04/02/2025 12:01

Its not English either.

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It's more English than french.

Hoppinggreen · 04/02/2025 12:01

fingerbobz · 04/02/2025 09:09

People who say crem are pretentious

Its not French

Its not English either.

ThePoshUns · 04/02/2025 12:00

fingerbobz · 04/02/2025 09:09

People who say crem are pretentious

Its not French

Moi? Do I make you feel inferior dear?

5foot5 · 04/02/2025 10:50

LemonNamalaka · 03/02/2025 22:02

Expensive, yes
Luxury, no

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Couldn't agree more!

In my head I have always pronounced it as Crispy Cream. However I doubt I have said it out loud very often, at least not without simultaneously grimacing. They look revolting.

I am not some puritan food Nazi, far from it. I like the occasional jam doughnut, which incidentally are a fraction of the price of these KK monstrosities. But these items are so unappealing.

HamandCheeseSandwich · 04/02/2025 10:45

AcquadiP · 04/02/2025 01:04

The pronunciation is exactly the same as Crispy Creme. Creme is a French word meaning 'cream.' Creme is pronounced 'Crem.' So Crispy Crem.

but it isn't - it would only be "crem" if there was an accent i.e. crème - however, it is spelled Kreme - therefore pronounced cream, because of the 'eme' - just like extreme, theme, blaspheme.

Plus - its how the company say it.

So, you're wrong... wronger than a fish wearing a suit and tie to a job interview

Buttonless · 04/02/2025 10:44

Only ever heard cream.
Crispy crem brings up unfortunate images of a crematorium.

HamandCheeseSandwich · 04/02/2025 10:40

AtomHeartMotherOfGod · 04/02/2025 07:12

I was laughing at Trump talking about the 'huge' deficit in trade with the EU and the fact they don't want anything US... it's because half the stuff you sell is shit, mate, or in the case of your meat, produced by companies who encourage deforestation, or pumped full of chemicals.

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the stuff for export isn't full of bleach/chemicals.

HamandCheeseSandwich · 04/02/2025 10:39

ApplesinmyPocket · 04/02/2025 09:08

Krispy Krem, automatically I give it the French pronounciation as 'Crème' - but I've no idea if that's correct or not.

..its not.

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calvermegan · 04/02/2025 10:32

illegalSausage · 04/02/2025 06:58

I didn't know they were US just saw them pop up around me one day in London.
Even in the US there are French words like rendez vous, creme de la creme, creme anglaise and en route. Don't they speak French in Louisianna? I more saw that it's a food item with some stuff (glaze) so creme made sense to me.

As an aside I think they're horrid. I don't think US sugary stuff is great in general.

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Horrid to you. Doesn’t mean they are horrid in general.

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Hoppinggreen · 04/02/2025 09:17

Its Cream, if it was crem it would need an accent on the e in Kreme French style.

fingerbobz · 04/02/2025 09:10

Crispay crem

TheyAreNotAngelsTheyDontCareAtAll · 04/02/2025 09:10

I pronounce it as 'bleerrrk'. Revolting things masquerading as doughnuts!

fingerbobz · 04/02/2025 09:09

People who say crem are pretentious

Its not French

ApplesinmyPocket · 04/02/2025 09:08

Krispy Krem, automatically I give it the French pronounciation as 'Crème' - but I've no idea if that's correct or not.

Squidtentacles · 04/02/2025 08:36

I say 'crispy cream'. Never heard anyone say 'crem' where I live in England.

NormaleKartoffeln · 04/02/2025 08:19

Pre-diabetes. 😬

KimberleyClark · 04/02/2025 08:19

Crispy Cream.

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