Should yoghurt have anything removed?

lexia

Do you write "yogurt" and I write "yoghurt" ? Does it matter if different countries spell it differently, or more specifically that English spelling is (currently) different to the American spelling?

As we know, language is contantly changing and evolving. Should the "h" be taken out of the word in this case, or would we then be in the "losing traditions" debate ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1187431/Is-yoghurt-cultured-yogurt.html

Carol

I think yoghurt/yogurt is an exception and probably should lose the 'h'.
If the original spelling in its country of origin is yogurt, then the 'h' has probably just got in via that British make it our own thing, or our strange pronounciation of words...:)
But otherwise leave our spellings alone!

Nutmeg

not to mention the pronunciation...

i pronounce it yo-gurt but spell it yoghurt...

how do you pronounce it?

Carol

yog-urt.

lexia

I say yog- urt, too.

We could get into the how do we pronounce place names here too, couldn't we? Especially as this is a Turkish word....

The french say Paree... I say Pariss, etc etc. ! (I think we have had this debate before ;) )