To ask how you pronounce Krispy Kreme?

[calvermegan]

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?

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.

Crispy cream

I'd say Crem as well, but I don't eat them and have never given it a thought until now.

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.

A lot of what is produced in the US can't be sold in the EU because it doesn't meet European safety standards.

I agree, I think it's a stupid name and they're neither crispy nor creamy and when you make words up how are we supposed to know how they're intended to be pronounced. "Kreme" to me did look like it ought to have been pronounced "creme" but as I first learned of their existence in an episode of Sex and the City they set me straight.

Crispy Cremation

Crispy Cream.

Pre-diabetes. 😬

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

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

People who say crem are pretentious

Its not French

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

Crispay crem

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

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

..its not.

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

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

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

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.

Moi? Do I make you feel inferior dear?

Its not English either.

It's more English than french.

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

I say Crispy Cream.